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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pathological /paθəˈlɒʤɪkl/ (US also pathologic)

▶adjective

1 relating to or caused by a disease.

2 informal compulsive: a pathological liar.

3 relating to pathology.

– derivatives
pathologically adverb.

'pathological' also found in these Oxford entries:

-ical - -ism - lethargy - mythomania - -osis

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