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physiopathologic

physiopathologic

9.7
Relating to the changes in the body that disease causes
  • adjective
  • /ˌfɪziəʊpæθəˈlɒdʒɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : fisiopatológico
  • The physiopathologic changes in the lungs were evident in the patient's breathing difficulties.

Examples

  • Further physiopathologic studies will be able to explain the reason why this peculiar post-catecholaminic myocardial stunning is usually located at the left ventricular apex.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Understanding the physiopathologic mechanism of diabetes helps in developing effective interventions.

  • In this respect, according to Pieringer, the clinical symptoms are not signs of disorder, but rather body efforts to correct the physiopathologic deviation 60.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Doctors researched the physiopathologic effects of the disease to improve treatment strategies.

Synonyms

pathophysiological
vsphysiopathologic
  • Specialized
1 9.2

Related to body changes that happen because of disease or injury

focuses on functional changes rather than general body processes
physiopathological
vsphysiopathologic
  • Specialized
9.3

Relating to abnormal body processes that happen in disease or injury

focuses on functional changes rather than on general physiological processes

Surface Forms

physiopathologic positive

Morphology

physiopathologic = pathologic (semi-transparent) = physio + pathologic

The prefix 'physio-' (function/physical) combines with 'pathologic' in a clear morphological way, but the term is highly technical and specialized.

Etymology

Physiopathologic comes from three parts: physio- 'body', patho- 'disease', and -logic 'study', and you can see these parts in familiar words like physical and pathology. So it describes the study of how disease changes the body's function.