Meaning & use
Pathologic
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Relating to or caused by disease; indicative of a diseased condition.
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The biopsy revealed pathologic changes in the tissue.
Doctors described his fear of germs as pathologic rather than simply cautious.
A note on using this word
"Pathologic" and "pathological" are largely interchangeable, though "pathological" is more common outside medical writing.
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