pathological

patológico

Relacionado con una enfermedad física o mental, o causado por ella.

En inglés sencillo: Connected with or caused by a physical or mental illness.

• He has a pathological fear of dirt.
• Doctors found pathological changes in her lungs.
• Her gambling became pathological and damaged her relationships.

Sinónimos: diseased, abnormal

Antónimos: healthy

Expresiones frecuentes: pathological liar, pathological fear, pathological changes

patológico

Relacionado con el estudio médico de las enfermedades y de los cambios que provocan en el cuerpo.

En inglés sencillo: Connected with the medical study of diseases and the changes they cause in the body.

• The tissue needs pathological examination.
• The doctor reviewed the pathological findings.
• Pathological analysis of the sample confirmed the diagnosis.

Expresiones frecuentes: pathological examination, pathological analysis, pathological findings

patológico

Que tiene propiedades inusuales difíciles de entender o manejar, especialmente en matemáticas.

En inglés sencillo: Having unusual properties that are difficult to understand or work with, especially in mathematics.

• This is a pathological function.
• The proof fails for certain pathological cases.
• She constructed a pathological example with surprisingly unusual properties.

Sinónimos: irregular, anomalous

Expresiones frecuentes: pathological function, pathological example, pathological case

patológico

Que causa problemas excepcionalmente graves en la precisión o rapidez con que funciona un sistema informático.

En inglés sencillo: Causing unusually serious problems with how correctly or quickly a computer system works.

• This input causes pathological behavior.
• The algorithm becomes slow on pathological cases.
• Engineers tested the system with pathological data that exhausted its memory.

Expresiones frecuentes: pathological input, pathological case, pathological behavior