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Pathological vs Animalculism - What's the difference?

pathological | animalculism |

As an adjective pathological

is pertaining to pathology.

As a noun animalculism is

a theory seeking to explain certain physiological and pathological phenomena in terms of animalcules.

pathological

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (medicine) Pertaining to pathology.
  • (medicine) Relating to, amounting to, causing, or caused by a physical or mental disorder.
  • (mathematics) Having properties which are counterintuitive or difficult to handle.
  • (computer science) Having properties that cause unusually bad behaviour, especially regarding correctness or performance.

    • Synonyms

    * pathologic

    Antonyms

    * (mathematics)

    Derived terms

    * pathologically

    animalculism

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (biology, archaic) A theory seeking to explain certain physiological and pathological phenomena in terms of animalcules.
    • (Webster 1913)