pathway

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(păth'', päth'-) pronunciation
n.
  1. A path.
  2. Physiology.
    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.

The name of a number of esoteric and New Age periodicals. Among them are Pathways, a British directory which provides a concise listing of New Age and psi events, organizations, periodicals, and meetings in England. It is published quarterly at 16 Great Ormond St., London, WC1N 3RB, England.

Pathways Journal is a quarterly publication of "ideas concerning personal and social transformation." Each issue includes a directory of services and events and book reviews. It is issued by the Yes Educational Society, P.O. Box 5719, Takoma Park, MD 20912.

A second Pathways Journal is a quarterly publication edited by B. C. Jaegers, head of the State Licensed Psychic Detective Bureau, P.O. Box 24571, Creve Coeur, MO 63141.

  1. the chain of reactions undergone by a given molecular entity or class of such entities in a particular ecosystem.
  2. metabolic pathway.

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A course usually followed. In neurology, the nerve structures through which a sensory impression is conducted to the cerebral cortex (afferent pathway), or through which an impulse passes from the brain to the skeletal musculature (efferent pathway). Also used alone to indicate a sequence of reactions that convert one biological material to another (metabolic pathway).

  • biosynthetic p. — the sequence of enzymatic steps in the synthesis of a specific end product in a living organism.
  • coagulation p's — see coagulation pathways.
  • Embden–Meyerhof p. — see embden–meyerhof pathway.
  • final common p. — 1. the motor neurons by which nerve impulses from many central sources pass to a muscle or gland in the periphery.
  • — 2. any mechanism by which several independent effects ultimately exert a common influence.
  • pentose phosphate p. — a pathway of hexose oxidation in which glucose-6-phosphate undergoes two successive oxidations by NADP, each producing NADPH, the final forming a pentose phosphate.
  • properdin p. — alternative complement pathway.
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  • Cell Structure and Function - pathway: sequence of enzyme-catalyzed reactions by which energy-yielding substance is catabolized by protoplasm


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - gangsti, bane

Nederlands (Dutch)
pad

Français (French)
n. - sentier, chemin

Deutsch (German)
n. - Bahn, Leitung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μονοπάτι, διάβαση, δίοδος, πέρασμα

Italiano (Italian)
sentiero, cammino

Português (Portuguese)
n. - caminho (m)

Русский (Russian)
тропа, путь

Español (Spanish)
n. - senda, sendero, camino, acera, vereda

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - gångstig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
路, 径

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 路, 徑

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 통로, 작은 길, 경로

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 小道

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) طريق, مجاز‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שביל, דרך, נתיב, רצף תהליכים כימיים שעובר יצור חי‬


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