pathoformic

American

[path-uh-fawr-mik] / ˌpæθ əˈfɔr mɪk /

adjective

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

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Origin of pathoformic

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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 Hans Gustav Adolf Gross

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 Hans Gustav Adolf Gross

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 Hans Gustav Adolf Gross

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