pathological

English

Etymology

• pathology +‎ -ical

Adjective

pathological (comparative more pathological, superlative most pathological)

1. Pertaining to pathology.
2. Relating to or caused by a physical or mental disorder.
3. (mathematics) Having properties which are counterintuitive or difficult to handle.
4. (computer science) Having properties that cause unusually bad behaviour, especially regarding correctness or performance.

Synonyms

• pathologic

Antonyms

• (mathematics): well-behaved

Derived terms

• pathologically

Translations

pertaining to pathology

• Armenian: ախտաբանական (hy) (axtabanakan)
• Catalan: patològic (ca)
• Czech: patologický (cs) m
• Danish: patologisk (da)
• Esperanto: patologia (eo)
• Finnish: patologinen (fi)
• French: pathologique (fr)
• Galician: patolóxico (gl)

• German: pathologisch (de), krankhaft (de)
• Irish: paiteolaíoch (ga)
• Italian: patologico (it)
• Portuguese: patológico (pt)
• Romanian: patologic (ro) m and n
• Russian: патологи́ческий (ru) (patologíčeskij)
• Spanish: patológico (es)

relating to or caused by a physical or mental disorder

• Catalan: patològic (ca)
• Czech: patologický (cs) m
• Danish: patologisk (da)
• Galician: patolóxico (gl)

• German: pathologisch (de)
• Italian: patologico (it)
• Russian: патологи́ческий (ru) (patologíčeskij)
• Spanish: patológico (es)