pathogenesis
set of biological mechanisms that account for the origin and development of a disease
carcinogenesis
process of formation of cancer
fibrosis
formation of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ or tissue in a reparative or reactive process
amyloidosis
metabolic disease involving abnormal deposited amyloid proteins
host-pathogen interaction
biological interrelationship
viral pathogenesis
study of how biological viruses cause diseases in their target hosts, usually carried out at the cellular or molecular level