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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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