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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the origination and development of a disease;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pathogenesis \Path`o*gen"e*sis\, n. (Med.) Pathogeny. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pathogenesis n 1: the origination and development of a disease