PATHOLOGICAL PROCESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pathological process mean? 

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

1. an organic process occurring as a consequence of disease

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PATHOLOGICAL 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 ("pathological process" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pathological 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 pathological process where the blood starts to coagulate throughout the whole body.

(Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by a pathological process of the teeth occurring during tooth development.

(Dental Developmental Disorder, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

A pathological process in which normal cells are transformed into malignant cancer cells within a primary tumor.

(Carcinogenesis, NCI Thesaurus)