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Table 2 Terms used to describe pathogenetic mechanisms. The variables are p and the suffix SP. The sign ‘|’ denotes alternatives

From: A universal diagnosis syntax

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’|…