pathophysiological
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Latin physiologicus
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English -al
English physiological
English pathophysiological
From patho- + physiological.
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pathophysiological (not comparable)
- (pathology) Pertaining to pathophysiology.
- 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 285:
- What, beyond abnormal, dysregulated cell division, was the common pathophysiological mechanism underlying cancer?
- 2023, Anne L. Grauer, “Introduction” (chapter 1), in The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology, Routledge, , →ISBN, page 2:
- Selye […] revealed that measurable biomolecular changes took place in the body provoked by environmental conditions such as cold temperatures or excessive and prolonged exercise. These changes reduced an individual’s tolerance to other injuries and pathogens and, when prolonged, eventually led to death. He labeled this pathophysiological response the General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS).
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