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Pathological vs Physiological - What's the difference?

pathological | physiological |

As adjectives the difference between pathological and physiological

is that pathological is pertaining to pathology while physiological is of, or relating to physiology.

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

    physiological

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, or relating to physiology.
  • Relating to the action of a drug when given to a healthy person, as distinguished from its therapeutic action.

    • Synonyms

    * physiologic