Meanings
adjectivepseudopathological (not comparable)
- not comparableApparently, but not actually, pathological; resembling the effect of a disease though not actually caused by one
Origin
- Ancient Greekψεύδω (pseúdō)
- Ancient Greekψευδής (pseudḗs)
- Middle Englishpseudo-
- Englishpseudo-
- Ancient Greekπάσχω (páskhō)
- Ancient Greekπᾰ́θος (pắthos)
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- Frenchpathologie
- Englishpathology
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishpathological
- Englishpseudopathological
From pseudo- + pathological.
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pseudopathological. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudopathological
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pseudopathological,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudopathological.
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