[syn: pathological, pathologic]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pathologic \Path`o*log"ic\, Pathological \Path`o*log"ic*al\, a.
[Gr. ?: cf. F. pathologique.]
1. Of or pertaining to pathology.
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2. (Med.) caused by or due to disease; abnormal; morbid; as,
pathological tissue; a pathological condition.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] -- Path`o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pathologic
adj 1: caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or
pathology; "diseased tonsils"; "a morbid growth";
"pathologic tissue"; "pathological bodily processes"
[syn: diseased, morbid, pathologic, pathological]
2: of or relating to the practice of pathology; "pathological
laboratory" [syn: pathological, pathologic]