PATHOGENY

Etymology

Noun

pathogeny (countable and uncountable, plural pathogenies)

(medicine) The generation and method of development of disease.

Anagrams

• genopathy

Source: Wiktionary


Pa*thog"e*ny, n. (Med.) (a) The generation, and method of development, of disease; as, the pathogeny of yellow fever is unsettled. (b) That branch of pathology which treats of the generation and development of disease.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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