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Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Pathophysiology is a convergence of pathology with physiology. 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.
Related to pathologist: clinical pathologist, speech pathologist. (pÄ-thÅlâ²É-jÄ) n. pl. paÂ·tholÂ·oÂ·gies. 1. The scientific study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes, development, and consequences. Also called pathobiology. 2. The anatomic or functional manifestations of a disease: the pathology of cancer.