pathologically

pathological | American Dictionary

pathological
adjective
us/ˌpæθ·əˈlɑdʒ·ɪ·kəl/
(of a person) unreasonable, or unable to control part of his or her behavior:
a pathological fear of heights
a pathological liar
of or caused by disease:
a pathological laboratory

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If these upper- and middle-class criminals are also pathological, then what hope is there for any of us!
To judge whether an individual's behavior is 'pathological,' we need to know the likely outcome of the behavior in subsequent developmental periods.
The relationship of dissociative experiences to hypnotizability and to pathological reactions to traumas is discussed, although the interpretation of those correlations is questioned.
Such functional/pathological correlates may well have broader implications and merit further study.
Most chronic diseases appear to have more than one cause - and most risk factors, more than one pathological effect.
The stress system has evolved to promote successful adaptation across the life span, but disruptions in its functioning may increase the risk of pathological outcomes.
We hypothesize that this represents a pathological deviation of the mechanisms that normally regulate brain growth.
However, such displays of anger may be diagnosed as pathological if not properly understood.
First, dispose of a pathological case: when there exists a very large complete bipartite subgraph.
Finally, several variants of path analysis have been used to examine the course of pathological alcohol involvement over time.
Consequently, we also examine the effects of pathological alcohol involvement on later role transitions and role attainment.
In addition, the pathological features of the heart are of particular interest.
Adhesion of lymphocytes to endothelial cells within different tissues appears to follow this generalised pattern under both physiological and pathological conditions.
Nevertheless, mitochondrial dysfunction, even if it is a secondary event, might impact on the pathological processes.
Necrosis has thus been recognized as a pathological form of cell death which is primarily associated with acute forms of tissue damage.
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