pathological
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
pathological (comparative more pathological, superlative most pathological)
- (medicine) Pertaining to pathology.
- (medicine) Relating to, amounting to, or caused by a physical or mental disorder.
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- Paul Canning's performance as Julian gives the character an emotional center that is not in the script: He is vulnerable without being pathological, needy without being pathetic.
- (mathematics) Having properties which are counterintuitive or difficult to handle.
- (computer science) Having properties that cause unusually bad behaviour, especially regarding correctness or performance.
Synonyms
- (medicine, of a physical or mental disorder): pathologic (US)
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “mathematics”): well-behaved
Derived terms
- anatomicopathological
- antipathological
- biopathological
- cardiopathological
- clinicopathological
- cytopathological
- dermatopathological
- hematopathological
- hepatopathological
- histopathological
- immunopathological
- macropathological
- micropathological
- nonpathological
- osteopathological
- palaeopathological
- paleopathological
- pathological coupling
- pathological histology
- pathological liar
- pathologically
- pathological science
- pharmacopathological
- phytopathological
- prepathological
- pseudopathological
- psychopathological
- sociopathological
- suprapathological
- thermopathological
- zoopathological
Translations
pertaining to pathology
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relating to or caused by a physical or mental disorder
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mathematics: having counterintuitive properties
computer science: having properties that cause unusually bad behaviour