pathological

or path·o·log·ic

[ path-uh-loj-i-kuh l or path-uh-loj-ik ]

/ ˌpæθ əˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəl or ˌpæθ əˈlɒdʒ ɪk /

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adjective

of or relating to pathology.

caused by or involving disease; morbid.

caused by or evidencing a mentally disturbed condition: a pathological hoarder.

dealing with diseases: a pathological casebook.

Origin of pathological

1680–90; < Greek pathologik(ós) (see pathology, -ic) + -al¹

OTHER WORDS FROM pathological

path·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverb non·path·o·log·ic, adjective non·path·o·log·i·cal, adjective non·path·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverb

post·path·o·log·ic, adjective post·path·o·log·i·cal, adjective sem·i·path·o·log·ic, adjective sem·i·path·o·log·i·cal, adjective sem·i·path·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverb un·path·o·log·i·cal, adjective un·path·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby pathological

pathologic anatomy, pathologic calcification, pathologic fracture, pathologic myopia, pathologic retraction ring, pathological, pathological anatomy, pathological liar, pathologist, pathologize, pathology

Example sentences from the Web for pathological

Actually some of the Contras whom I knew were the moral equivalent of pathological killers.

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“Such a clandestine and pathological way of drinking increases the chances of becoming an alcoholic exponentially,” says Alireza.

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Another vital source of evidence is pathological: the condition of the bodies of victims, which will show how they died.

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The situation is pathological, not the people who keep remembering.

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Relin could not have imagined that this was a man who would later be called a pathological liar.

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The degrees of physiological and pathological nutrition and over-nutrition are very variable in their nature and results.

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In this way they have provided the pathological theory with most of its facts.

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The Greeks used the word ecstasy in a modern secular sense rather than in a spiritual or pathological one.

The Literature of Ecstasy |Albert Mordell
One suspects that pathological explanation, though one does not know enough of the facts to insist upon it.

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Finiteness is the metaphysical, the theoretical—nothingness the pathological, practical expression.

The Essence of Christianity |Ludwig Feuerbach

British Dictionary definitions for pathological

pathological

less commonly pathologic

/ (ˌpæθəˈlɒdʒɪkəl) /

adjective

of or relating to pathology

relating to, involving, or caused by disease

informal compulsively motivated a pathological liar

Derived forms of pathological

pathologically, adverb

Medical definitions for pathological

pathological

[ păth′ə-lŏj′ĭ-kəl ]

adj.

Of or relating to pathology.

Relating to or caused by disease.

Other words from pathological

path′o•log′i•cal•ly adv.

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adjective

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adj.

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or path·o·log·ic

adjective

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less commonly pathologic

adjective

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adj.

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