pathway

[path-wey, pahth-]

noun

1. a path, course, route, or way. ways.

2. Biochemistry.,  a sequence of reactions, usually controlled and catalyzed by enzymes, by which one organic substance is converted to another.

pathway

/ ˈpɑːθˌweɪ /

noun

1. another word for path path

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

pathway

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.

Other Word Forms

• pathwayed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pathway¹

First recorded in 1530–40; path + way ¹

Example Sentences

Another key observation was that microplastics activated harmful gene pathways in endothelial cells from both mice and humans.

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His journey to cricket's summit is a throwback – a far cry from academy pathways and state under-age teams.

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Like many other Colored people of that era, he saw education as the pathway his children could follow to escape indignities and dangers, large and small.

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Preserving this ecosystem through academic investment and open pathways for global talent is essential if the U.S. is to remain the world’s center for financial innovation.

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"It opens exciting possibilities for developing treatments that target a common pathway underlying both metabolic and alcohol-related liver diseases."

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