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pathologic

/pˌæθəlˈɑdʒɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.40 in modern English

Syllables
patho-log-ic
IPA
/pˌæθəlˈɑdʒɪk/
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Caused by or related to disease, pathology.

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Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos Proto-Hellenic *lógos 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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more pathologic (comparative) most pathologic (superlative)

Derived Forms

clinicopathologic contrapathologic copathologic cytopathologic hemopathologic immunopathologic myopathologic neuropathologic nonpathologic osteopathologic paleopathologic phytopathologic

Synonyms

pathological diseased morbid

Rhymes With

logic geologic tajik biologic neurologic physiologic gynecologic demagogic illogic karadzic technologic analogic

Questions

How do you pronounce pathologic?
The recorded pronunciation is /pˌæθəlˈɑdʒɪk/.
What does pathologic mean?
Caused by or related to disease, pathology.
Where does pathologic come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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