pathological

English

Etymology

From pathology +‎ -ical.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

pathological (comparative more pathological, superlative most pathological)

1. (medicine) Pertaining to pathology.
2. (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.

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

• (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

• Albanian: patologjik (sq)
• Armenian: ախտաբանական (hy) (axtabanakan)
• Belarusian: паталагі́чны (patalahíčny)
• Bulgarian: патологичен (bg) (patologičen)
• Catalan: patològic
• Czech: patologický
• Danish: patologisk (da)
• Esperanto: patologia (eo)
• Finnish: patologinen (fi)
• French: pathologique (fr)
• Galician: patolóxico (gl)
• German: pathologisch (de), krankhaft (de)
• Irish: paiteolaíoch
• Italian: patologico (it)
• Polish: patologiczny (pl), zwyrodniały (pl)
• Portuguese: patológico (pt)
• Romanian: patologic (ro)
• Russian: патологи́ческий (ru) (patologíčeskij)
• Spanish: patológico (es)
• Swedish: patologisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: патологі́чний (patolohíčnyj)

relating to or caused by a physical or mental disorder

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

mathematics: having counterintuitive properties

computer science: having properties that cause unusually bad behaviour

Anagrams

• taphological