pathophysiologicaladj.
/ˌpaθəfɪzɪəˈlɒdʒᵻkl/, U.S. /ˈˌpæθəˌfɪziəˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/ Medicine.
Of, involving, or relating to abnormal physiological processes; relating to pathophysiology.
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toxicological1839
physiopathological1847
neuropathological1854
histopathological1855
psychopathological1884
clinicopathological1898
palaeopathologic1917
palaeopathological1917
pathophysiological1932
neuropathologic1937
physiopathologic1938
pathophysiologic1947
immunopathological1959
immunopathologic1960
1932 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 38 152 The author is brought to conceive stuttering to be grounded in a ‘pathophysiological subsoil’.
1962 H. G. Keitel Pathophysiol. & Treatm. Body Fluid Disturbances i. 12 In many illnesses the anatomical, biochemical, and pathophysiological characteristics of the associated fluid derangement and their successful treatment have been fairly clearly defined.
1973 Sci. Amer. Sept. 121/3 Selective errors in the metabolism of the monamines in specific areas of the brain may be the pathophysiological basis for psychotic disorders.
1993 Brit. Jrnl. Surg. 80 66/1 The exact pathophysiological mechanisms underlying the bacteraemia and bacterial infection in acute liver failure remain unclear.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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