|pathə|läjə̇kəl, -jēk- adjective
or path·o·log·ic -jik, -jēk
Etymology: French pathologique, from Middle French, from Greek pathologikos of the study of the passions, from pathologia study of the passions + -ikos -ic, -ical — more at pathology
1. : of, relating to, for the purposes of, or concerned with pathology
pathological laboratory
pathological garden
a pathological anatomist
2. : diseased : altered by disease
pathological tissue
3. : caused by pathology
pathological changes
: being manifestations of disease
pathological bodily processes
4. Kantianism : of or relating to passion (sense 4) ; specifically : instinctually or sensuously determined : passional
Synonyms: see unwholesome