PATHOLOGIC PROCESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pathologic process mean? 

• PATHOLOGIC PROCESS (noun)
  The noun PATHOLOGIC PROCESS has 1 sense:

1. an organic process occurring as a consequence of disease

  Familiarity information: PATHOLOGIC PROCESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PATHOLOGIC PROCESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An organic process occurring as a consequence of disease

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

pathologic process; pathological process

Hypernyms ("pathologic process" is a kind of...):

biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pathologic process"):

feminisation; feminization (the process of becoming feminized; the development of female characteristics (loss of facial hair or breast enlargement) in a male because of hormonal disorders or castration)

infection ((medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease)

metastasis (the spreading of a disease (especially cancer) to another part of the body)

neoplasia (the pathological process that results in the formation and growth of a tumor)

pathogenesis (the origination and development of a disease)

 Context examples 

A rupture in the gastric wall caused by traumatic or pathologic processes.

(Gastric Perforation, NCI Thesaurus)

A premalignant pathologic process that affects the anatomic structures of the head and neck.

(Head and Neck Precancerous Condition, NCI Thesaurus)

A rupture in the gallbladder wall caused by traumatic or pathologic processes.

(Gallbladder Perforation, NCI Thesaurus)

It occurs during fetal development or it may result from pathologic processes that affect the bone marrow.

(Extramedullary Hematopoiesis, NCI Thesaurus)

A rupture in the esophageal wall caused by traumatic or pathologic processes.

(Eshophageal Perforation, NCI Thesaurus)

A pathologic process inherited in a familial pattern.

(Hereditary Lesion, NCI Thesaurus)

A term that refers to the clinical manifestations resulting from pathologic processes that affect the central and peripheral nervous system.

(Neurological Signs and Symptoms, NCI Thesaurus)

Return to the normal structure and/or function, e.g. the subsidence of a pathologic process, as the subsidence of an inflammatory lesion or new growth.

(Physiologic Resolution, NCI Thesaurus)

A pathologic process that arises from the pancreas and has the potential to evolve into a malignant neoplasm.

(Pancreatic Precancerous Condition, NCI Thesaurus)

A pancreatic lesion microscopically resembling pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia-1A, however the neoplastic nature of the pathologic process has not been unambiguously established.

(Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia/Lesion-1A, NCI Thesaurus)