In older terminology, a disease characterized by a demonstrable structural or biochemical abnormality in an organ or a tissue (i.e., an exogenous etiology). Sometimes imprecisely used as an antonym for functional disorder.
A disease that started as, or became, impairment of structure or tissue. The smoker may have coughing and shortness of breath for years, and suffer from functional disorders; when the smoker gets emphysema, it is an organic disease.
A disease condition characterized by an abnormal alteration of tissues.
A disease or disorder associated with physical changes in one or more organs of the body.
A term used in contradistinction to ‘functional disease’, to indicate that some structural change is responsible for the faulty action of an organ or other part of the body.
A disease resulting from recognizable anatomical changes in an organ or tissue of the body.
This phrase is employed to denote any condition linked to alterations in the configuration of an organ or tissues.