pathobiology
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- noun
- /ˌpæθoʊbaɪˈɑlədʒi/
- Specialized
- The study of pathobiology helps scientists discover the mechanisms that lead to chronic illnesses.
Examples
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Free radicals generated by cigarette smoking and its related chemicals dramatically increase oxidative stress in the body, which contributes to the pathobiology of various diseases, the most well-known of which is lung cancer.
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Further understanding of this heterogeneity may help in the establishment of the mechanisms involved in HCC, as happened with our understanding of the pathobiology of lymphoma and leukemia in the wake of the identification of subtypes by phenotypic markers.
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Significant progress has also been made in the pathobiology of the NVU.
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Limited work has been done on the pathobiology of local AIV isolates in Pakistan.
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Consequently, the NVU has taken center stage in all facets of normal brain function and in the pathobiology of a wide variety of brain diseases.
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This is particularly relevant as many scientific studies focusing on the pathobiology of Acinetobacter species overwhelmingly use A. baumannii as the model organism.
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Dr. Kiupel is a board-certified veterinary anatomic pathologist and professor in the Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University.
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Given that nearly half of all A. baumannii infections are caused by MDR strains, there is a need to accelerate investigations into its pathobiology to find alternative out-of-the-box strategies to combat A. baumannii infections.
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Then Charles M. Scanlan of Texas A&M University’s Department of Veterinary Pathobiology identified the 13 surviving strains, and Nisbet reassembled the mixture as CF-1.
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Researchers are making breakthroughs in pathobiology to better understand how diseases develop.
Synonyms
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The study of diseases and a disease or other body problem
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Study of how disease or injury changes the body's normal functions
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pathobiology joins patho- meaning 'disease', like in pathology, and bio- meaning 'life', like in biology. So pathobiology is the study of how disease happens in living things.