pathological

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D'Alessandro notes potential relevance for exercise physiology and for pathological hypoxia after traumatic injury.

From Science Daily • Feb. 21, 2026

Grinch boosters point out that the villain repents and reforms at the end of the story, shedding his pathological hatred of Christmas.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2025

Rowan "presents completely differently to Holly" and has pathological demand avoidance which means his "nervous system's response to any demand is to see it as a threat".

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025

It is hardly pathological to want shared worldviews as part of a romantic relationship.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

Lourdes is convinced it is something pathological, something her daughter inherited from her Abuela Celia.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García