Standard Lemma guide

pathologic

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: P AE2 TH AH0 L AA1 JH IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Caused by or related to disease, pathology.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pathological

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

of or relating to the practice of pathology

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • pathological laboratory

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pathological

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • diseased tonsils
  • a morbid growth
  • pathologic tissue
  • pathological bodily processes

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: diseased, morbid, pathological

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā) Ancient Greek παθολογίᾱ (pathologíā) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek πᾰθολογῐκός (păthologĭkós)der. English pathologic From Ancient Greek παθολογικός (pathologikós), corresponding to pathology + -ic.