pathogeny

The generation and method of development of disease.

Noun

  1. The generation and method of development of disease.
    • The pathogeny of yellow fever is unsettled.
    • Dr. Schmitz (Neuenahr) calls attention to four interesting cases (two fatal) as illustrating the pathogeny of diabetes, the symptoms resembling that produced in the dieted diabetics by that over-indulgence in saccharine...

Origin

From patho- + -geny.

Forms

pathogenies

Derived

physiopathogeny