Chinese symbol for “pathogenesis”
病机
bìng jī
Traditional: 病機
interpretation of the cause; onset and process of an illness; pathogenesis
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pathogenesis is 病机 (bìng jī), defined as: interpretation of the cause; onset and process of an illness; pathogenesis.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 病机.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 病毒 | bìng dú | virus |
| 疾病 | jí bìng | disease; sickness; ailment |
| 病人 | bìng rén | sick person; patient |
| 病例 | bìng lì | (medical) case; occurrence of illness |
| 生病 | shēng bìng | to fall ill |
| 艾滋病 | ài zī bìng | (loanword) AIDS |
| 机构 (機構) | jī gòu | mechanism; structure |
| 机会 (機會) | jī huì | opportunity; chance |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pathogenesis”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.