PATHOLOGICAL STATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pathological state mean? 

• PATHOLOGICAL STATE (noun)
  The noun PATHOLOGICAL STATE has 1 sense:

1. a physical condition that is caused by disease

  Familiarity information: PATHOLOGICAL STATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PATHOLOGICAL STATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A physical condition that is caused by disease

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("pathological state" is a kind of...):

physical condition; physiological condition; physiological state (the condition or state of the body or bodily functions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pathological state"):

health problem; ill health; unhealthiness (a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain)

 Context examples 

A pathological state in which the fasting plasma glucose level is less than 140 mg per deciliter and the 30-, 60-, or 90-minute plasma glucose concentration following a glucose tolerance test exceeds 200 mg per deciliter.

(Glucose Intolerance, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)