- a word derived from pathological.
Example Sentences
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Pathologically prolonged grief, for instance, is "treated with a ceremony that removes the influence of the dead and turns the patient's attention back toward life."
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Pathologically considered, the nerves may be too excited or too sluggish and torpid; and we have as the result two subdivisions of mental insanity—mania and melancholia.
From Moral Principles and Medical Practice The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence by Coppens, Charles
Pathologically, however, and for purposes of description, it is more convenient to describe separately the abnormal changes occurring in these two tissues.
From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton
Pathologically, the heat-regulating mechanism may be disturbed in three different ways: 1st, by mechanical interference with the nervous system; 2nd, by interference with heat elimination; 3rd, by the action of various poisons.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various
"Pathologically or otherwise, I've been a case since before I started the blood tests."
From Mate in Two Moves by Marks, Winston K.