pathway

[ path-wey, pahth- ]

/ ˈpæθˌweɪ, ˈpɑθ- /

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noun

a path, course, route, or way.

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

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Origin of pathway

First recorded in 1530–40; path + way¹

OTHER WORDS FROM pathway

pathwayed, adjective

Words nearby pathway

pathology, pathomorphism, pathophysiology, pathos, pathosis, pathway, -pathy, Patiala, patience, patient, patient zero

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How to use pathway in a sentence

This acupoint, dubbed ST36, seemed to trigger a different nerve pathway than the abdominal stimulation—the famous vagus nerve, known for its role in dampening inflammation and pain.
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Exchanging and blending with anything and everything, looking for new and better pathways through the vast landscape of Darwinian selection.
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“There isn’t a great pathway forward that can take up the scale to reduce carbon emissions from gas,” Havey said.
Environment Report: One Way to Force Companies to Emit Less Carbon|MacKenzie Elmer|August 10, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Those pathways also inspired massive scientific and popular interest in metformin, hormones, intermittent fasting, and even the ketogenic diet.
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Sometimes, they shove us, shaping the possibilities of existence and our individual pathways through life.
Gender Is What You Make of It - Issue 88: Love & Sex|Charles King|August 5, 2020|Nautilus
Will had mistakenly connected the pathway of infection in a hospital room with someone coughing or sneezing circulating in public.
Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: October 19|PunditFact.com|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Every year 14,000 vessels serve 1,7000 ports in 160 countries as they make their way through this Atlantic-to-Pacific pathway.
A Man, a Plan, a Canal: Panama Turns 100|Bill Schulz|August 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The pathway that RB is involved in is altered in 70 percent of human cancers—especially cancers in the brain.
Why Men May Be More Likely to Get Deadly Brain Cancer|Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD, Tej Azad|August 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The pathway to a powerful judgeship is more circuitous than to a State House or Congress.
Why Women Should Forget the White House|Keli Goff|July 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The more you do something, the more available that pathway is, so you may be able to use your brain resources more effectively.
10 Best Apps to Train Your Brain|DailyBurn|June 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Only the petrol tins they took for water right and left of their pathway up the cliff; huge diamonds in the evening sun.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
The fresh imprint of a tiger's paw upon the pathway gives the same sort of feel to the Indian herdsman.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
Crossing the heath, her pathway lay near the spot where she had been found, clinging to the bosom of her dead mother.
The World Before Them|Susanna Moodie
The pathway led through a door in the great gateway, over which still hangs suspended the iron port-cullis.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy
Heaven's pathway stands unobstructed, which will lead us into a Paradise of bliss.
The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States|Martin R. Delany

British Dictionary definitions for pathway

pathway

/ (ˈpɑːθˌweɪ) /

noun

another word for path (def. 1), path (def. 2)

a route to or way of access to; way of reaching or achieving something

courses taken by a student to gain entry to a higher course or towards a final qualification

biochem a chain of reactions associated with a particular metabolic process

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