Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to pathology.
- adjective Relating to or caused by disease.
- adjective Of, relating to, or manifesting behavior that is habitual, maladaptive, and compulsive.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
pathologic .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Pertaining to
pathology . - adjective Relating to or caused by a physical or mental disorder.
- adjective mathematics Having properties which are
counterintuitive or difficult to handle. - adjective computer science Having properties that cause unusually bad behaviour, especially regarding correctness or performance.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective caused by or evidencing a mentally disturbed condition
- adjective of or relating to the practice of pathology
- adjective caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology
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Examples
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I think that she had what we call pathological envy, meaning she didn ` t want anyone else to be happy but her.
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Then, once they became what he terms pathological gamers, their grades were more likely to drop, and their relationships with their parents deteriorated.
NYT > Home Page By RONI CARYN RABIN 2011
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Then, once they became what he terms pathological gamers, their grades were more likely to drop, and their relationships with their parents deteriorated.
NYT > Home Page By RONI CARYN RABIN 2011
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The claim that she's "pathological" is a reference to Nevada journalist Jon Ralston's tireless efforts to document what he describes as her "pathological" tendency to rewrite history and pretend she never said what she plainly did say.
Harry Reid: Sharron Angle is "pathological" Greg Sargent 2010
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If no tumor is found in the breast at surgery, it is called a pathological complete response.
Susan M. Love: Avastin -- Back in the News Susan M. Love 2012
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If no tumor is found in the breast at surgery, it is called a pathological complete response.
Susan M. Love: Avastin -- Back in the News Susan M. Love 2012
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What's really pathological is that a car bomb is found in NYC and he is obsessed with those that opposed ObamaCare - nt
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If no tumor is found in the breast at surgery, it is called a pathological complete response.
Susan M. Love: Avastin -- Back in the News Susan M. Love 2012
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If no tumor is found in the breast at surgery, it is called a pathological complete response.
Susan M. Love: Avastin -- Back in the News Susan M. Love 2012
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If no tumor is found in the breast at surgery, it is called a pathological complete response.
Susan M. Love: Avastin -- Back in the News Susan M. Love 2012
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