Table 2.

Terms used to describe pathogenetic mechanisms. The variables are p and the suffix S_P. The sign ‘|’ denotes alternatives

Pathogenesis	p	SP
Connective tissue
Intercellular space	‘edema’ | ‘dehydration’ | …	‘’
	’sclerosis’ …	‘osis’
Hemostasis	‘hemat’ | ‘thrombosis’ |’bleeding’ | ‘petechia’| ‘hematoma’| ‘hemorrhage ‘…	‘oma’
Circulatory system
	‘inflammation’ | ‘ischemia’ |’infarction’	‘ ‘ | ‘ial’ | ‘al’
Immune reactions
Type 1	‘IR1’	‘itis’
Type 2	‘IR2’	‘itis’
Type 3	‘IR3’	‘itis’
Type 4	‘IR4’	‘itis’
Type 5	‘IR5’ | ‘granuloma’	‘itis’
Intercellular metabolism
Metabolite name		‘osis’
Precipitates, stones		‘lithiasis’
Humoral regulators
Regulator name		‘‘ | ‘osis’
Nervous system
Afferent Efferent	‘ psychosomatic’ ’ somatopsychic’	‘osis’
Transmitter	‘ hyper NH secretion’|’ hypo NH ‘ secretion’|’ ‘ hyper NH reabsorption’| ‘ hypo NH reabsorption’|…