pathological
About 6.00 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Pertaining to pathology.
- adjective Relating to, amounting to, or caused by a physical or mental disorder.
- adjective Having properties which are counterintuitive or difficult to handle.
- adjective Having properties that cause unusually bad behaviour, especially regarding correctness or performance.
Similar words
pathologic psychoneurotic neurotic morbid diseased unhealthy disease pathogenic pathology medical
Often followed by
conditions changes anatomy condition and processes process states findings
Word family
pathologic pathologically
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