pathophysiology
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Pathophysiology (or physiopathology) is a branch of study, at the intersection of pathology and physiology, concerning disordered physiological processes that cause, result from, or are otherwise associated with a disease or injury. Pathology is the medical discipline that describes conditions typically observed during a disease state, whereas physiology is the biological discipline that describes processes or mechanisms operating within an organism. Pathology describes the abnormal or undesired condition (symptoms of a disease), whereas pathophysiology seeks to explain the functional changes
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- medical specialty
- Subclass of
- pathology
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Encyclopedic overview
21 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Early Developments
- Nineteenth century
- Reductionism
- Germ theory
- Scientific medicine
- Twentieth century
- Biomedicine
- Molecular paradigm
- Disease mechanisms
- Examples
- Parkinson's disease
- Heart failure
- Multiple sclerosis
- Hypertension
- HIV/AIDS
- Spider bites
- Obesity
- See also
- References
Pathophysiology (or physiopathology) is a branch of study, at the intersection of pathology and physiology, concerning disordered physiological processes that cause, result from, or are otherwise associated with a disease or injury. Pathology is the medical discipline that describes conditions typically observed during a disease state, whereas physiology is the biological discipline that describes processes or mechanisms operating within an organism. Pathology describes the abnormal or undesired condition (symptoms of a disease), whereas pathophysiology seeks to explain the functional changes that are occurring within an individual due to a disease or pathologic state.
==Etymology==
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