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Pathological vs Neurological - What's the difference?

pathological | neurological |

As adjectives the difference between pathological and neurological

is that pathological is pertaining to pathology while neurological is dealing with the study of the brain; neurology.

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

    neurological

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Dealing with the study of the brain; neurology.

    • Synonyms

    * neurologic

    Related terms

    * neurologist