pathological

English

Etymology

From pathology +‎ -ical.

Adjective

pathological (comparative more pathological, superlative most pathological)

1. (medicine) Pertaining to pathology.
2. (medicine) Relating to, amounting to, causing, 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

• (medicine, of a physical or mental disorder): pathologic (US)

Antonyms

• (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

• Armenian: ախտաբանական (hy) (axtabanakan)
• Catalan: patològic
• Czech: patologický
• Danish: patologisk (da)
• Esperanto: patologia (eo)
• Finnish: patologinen (fi)
• French: pathologique (fr)
• Galician: patolóxico
• German: pathologisch (de), krankhaft (de)
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• Irish: paiteolaíoch, galareolaíoch
• Italian: patologico (it)
• Polish: patologiczny (pl), zwyrodniały
• Portuguese: patológico (pt)
• Romanian: patologic (ro)
• Russian: патологи́ческий (ru) (patologíčeskij)
• Spanish: patológico (es)
• Swedish: patologisk (sv)

relating to or caused by a physical or mental disorder

• Catalan: patològic
• Czech: patologický
• Danish: patologisk (da), sygelig
• French: pathologique (fr), maladif (fr) m, , malsain (fr) m
• German: pathologisch (de), krankhaft (de)
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• Irish: galrach
• Italian: patologico (it)
• Portuguese: patológico (pt)
• Romanian: patologic (ro)
• Russian: патологи́ческий (ru) (patologíčeskij)
• Spanish: patológico (es), malsano (es) m, enfermizo (es) m, morboso (es) m

mathematics: having counterintuitive properties

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computer science: having properties that cause unusually bad behaviour

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