Definition of "pathogenetic" []

• Of, pertaining to, or causing pathogenesis. (adjective)

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• "My disillusionment from clinical medicine that diseases can be cured based on understanding their pathogenetic mechanisms, along with a magical and enchanting attraction to biochemistry made the decision easy."
• "The imbalance between phenomenology and pathogenetic mechanisms of diseases on one hand, and the lack of any mechanism-based treatment for most of the major killers on the other hand, made me seriously think that I was on the wrong trail."
• "Details underlying the exact pathogenetic mechanisms are continuously being unravelled."