nosogeny


pathogenesis

 [path″o-jen´ĕ-sis] the development of morbid conditions or of disease; more specifically the cellular events and reactions and other pathologic mechanisms occurring in the development of disease. adj., adj pathogenet´ic.

nos·o·gen·e·sis

, nosogeny (nos'ō-jen'ĕ-sis, no-soj'ĕ-nē), Rarely used terms for pathogenesis. [noso- + G. genesis, production]