pathoformic

American  

[path-uh-fawr-mik] / ˌpæθ əˈfɔr mɪk /

adjective

1. Pathology. pertaining to the beginning of a disease, especially to symptoms that occur in the preliminary stages of mental disease.

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Etymology

Origin of pathoformic

patho- + -form + -ic

Example Sentences

The physician will explain the pathological and pathoformic, but there is a series of memory-forms which do not appear to be diseased, yet which are significantly rare and hence appear improbable.

From Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students by Gross, Hans Gustav Adolf

If their stories are objected to they have some extraordinarily unskilful explanation, which again indicates the pathoformic character of their minds.

From Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students by Gross, Hans Gustav Adolf

But since, I have noticed that the pathoformic lie plays an enormous part in the work of the criminalist and deserves full consideration.

From Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students by Gross, Hans Gustav Adolf