ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Pathobiology

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Pathobiology is a noun meaning (biology) The branch of biology that deals with pathology with greater emphasis on the biological than on the medical aspects.

Meaning

(biology) The branch of biology that deals with pathology with greater emphasis on the biological than on the medical aspects.

More Meanings

  1. (medicine) pathology (in any of its senses: study of disease, instance of disease, mechanism of disease).
  2. (medicine) The biologic explanations of pathogenesis, to include both pathoanatomy and pathophysiology.

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pathobiologist, biopathology, pathology, pathobiome, pathobiochemistry, pathogenetics.

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