- pathological condition
- A diseased condition of the body. Stedmen v United States Mut. Acci. Asso. 123 NY 304, 25 NE 399.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
pathological condition
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condition — noun 1 state of sth ADJECTIVE ▪ excellent, good, immaculate, mint, perfect, pristine ▪ reasonable ▪ bad … Collocations dictionary
Pathological — Pathologic Path o*log ic, Pathological Path o*log ic*al, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. pathologique.] 1. Of or pertaining to pathology. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) caused by or due to disease; abnormal; morbid; as, pathological tissue; a pathological condition … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pathological — adjective 1) a pathological condition Syn: morbid, diseased 2) informal a pathological liar Syn: compulsive, obsessive, inveterate, habitual, persistent, chronic, hardened, confirmed … Thesaurus of popular words
condition — Synonyms and related words: abate, ability, abnormality, acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, acute disease, adapt, adjust, adjust to, affairs, affection, affliction, ailment, allergic disease, allergy, alter, apprentice, assuage,… … Moby Thesaurus
Pathological laughing and crying — (PLC) is an emotional expression disorder in which patients experience relatively uncontrollable episodes of laughing or crying, or both. The laughter or crying are unconnected to triggering stimuli which would have led to laughing or crying… … Wikipedia
Pathological (mathematics) — In mathematics, a pathological phenomenon is one whose properties are considered atypically bad or counterintuitive. Often, when the usefulness of a theorem is challenged by counterexamples, defenders of the theorem argue that the exceptions are… … Wikipedia
pathological — path|o|log|i|cal [ˌpæθəˈlɔdʒıkəl US ˈla: ] adj 1.) pathological behaviour or feelings happen regularly, and are strong, unreasonable, and impossible to control ▪ a pathological hatred of women ▪ a pathological liar 2.) a mental or physical… … Dictionary of contemporary English
pathological — adjective 1 pathological behaviour or feelings happen regularly, are unreasonable, and impossible to control: a pathological liar | a pathological hatred of women 2 a mental or physical condition that is pathological is caused by disease 3… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
pathological — pathologically, adv. /path euh loj i keuhl/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to pathology. 2. caused by or involving disease; morbid. 3. caused by or evidencing a mentally disturbed condition: a pathological liar. 4. dealing with diseases: a… … Universalium
pathological — adj. Pathological is used with these nouns: ↑aversion, ↑condition, ↑gambler, ↑gambling, ↑jealousy, ↑liar … Collocations dictionary
