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pathway


noun

  1. a path, course, route, or way.
  2. Biochemistry. a sequence of reactions, usually controlled and catalyzed by enzymes, by which one organic substance is converted to another.

noun

  1. another word for path (def. 1), path (def. 2)
  2. a route to or way of access to; way of reaching or achieving something
  3. courses taken by a student to gain entry to a higher course or towards a final qualification
  4. biochem a chain of reactions associated with a particular metabolic process

n.1530s, from path + way (n.). An etymological tautology. n.

  1. A course usually followed by a body part or process.
  2. A chain of nerve fibers along which impulses normally travel.
  3. A sequence of enzymatic or other reactions by which one biological material is converted to another.

  1. A chain of nerve fibers along which impulses normally travel.
  2. A sequence of enzymatic or other reactions by which one biological material is converted to another.
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