Pathogenesis
The development of a disease and the chain of events leading to that disease.
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- Pathogenetic
Pertaining to genetic cause of a disease or condition. For example, BRCA 1 and BRCA2 are genes that, when mutated, are responsible for many cases of cancer of the breast. Therefore, these genes are pathogenetic.
- Pathogenic
Capable of causing disease. For example, pathogenic E. coli are Eschericia coli bacteria that can make a person ill.
- Pathognomonic
A sign or symptom that is so characteristic of a disease that it can be used to make a diagnosis. For example, Koplik spots in the mouth opposite the first and second upper molars are pathognomonic of measles.
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1. Indicative of or caused by disease, as in a pathologic fracture, pathologic tissue, or pathologic process. 2. Pertaining to pathology, the branch of medicine that studies disease and especially the essential nature of disease.
- Pathologist, speech-language
Speech-language pathologist.