| pathogens | <dentistry> Disease producing organisms that can exist in many different places. (for example: Air, dust, counter top surfaces, the body, etc.) (08 Jan 1998) |
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| pathogeny | <medicine> The generation, and method of development, of disease; as, the pathogeny of yellow fever is unsettled. That branch of pathology which treats of the generation and development of disease. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pathognomonic | <medicine> Specially or decisively characteristic of a disease; indicating with certainty a disease; as, a pathognomonic symptom. "The true pathognomonic sign of love jealousy." (Arbuthnot) Origin: Gr. Skilled in judging of diseases; a disease + skilled: cf. F. Pathognomonique. See Gnomic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pathognomonic symptom | A symptom that, when present, points unmistakably to the presence of a certain definite disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pathognomy | Rarely used term for diagnosis by means of a study of the typical symptoms of a disease, or of the subjective sensations of the patient. Origin: patho-+ G. Gnome, a mark, a sign (05 Mar 2000) |
| pathognostic | Rarely used synonym for pathognomonic. Origin: patho-+ G. Gnostikos, pertaining to knowledge (05 Mar 2000) |
| pathography | Rarely used term for a treatise on or description of disease; a treatise on pathology. Origin: patho-+ G. Graphe, a description (05 Mar 2000) |
| patholesia | Rarely used term for any impairment or abnormality of the will. Origin: path-+ G. Lesis, choice, will (05 Mar 2000) |
| pathologic | 1. Indicative of or caused by a morbid condition. 2. Pertaining to pathology (branch of medicine that treats the essential nature of the disease, especially the structural and functional changes in tissues and organs of the body caused by the disease). (18 Nov 1997) |
| pathologic absorption | Parenteral absorption of any excremental or pathologic material into the bloodstream, e.g., pus, urine, bile, etc. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pathologic amenorrhoea | Amenorrhoea due to organic disease, either uterine or other, e.g., ovarian or pituitary failure, Simmonds' disease, inconstant and irrelevant debility. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pathologic amputation | Amputation necessitated by cancer or other disease of the limb and not by an injury. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pathologic calcification | Calcification occurring in excretory or secretory passages as calculi, and in tissues other than bone and teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pathologic diagnosis | A diagnosis, sometimes postmortem, made from an anatomic and/or histologic study of the lesions present. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pathologic fracture | A fracture occurring at a site weakened by preexisting disease, especially neoplasm or necrosis, of the bone. (05 Mar 2000) |