Meanings
comparative more pathologic · superlative most pathologic
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCaused by or related to disease, pathology.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivecaused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology
adjectiveof or relating to the practice of pathology
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekπάσχω (páskhō)
- Ancient Greekπᾰ́θος (pắthos)
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- Ancient Greekπαθολογίᾱ (pathologíā)
- Ancient Greekπᾰθολογῐκός (păthologĭkós)
- Englishpathologic
From Ancient Greek παθολογικός (pathologikós), corresponding to pathology + -ic.
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Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
pathologic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pathologic
“pathologic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pathologic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pathologic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pathologic.
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