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pathognomonic

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pa⋅thog⋅no⋅mon⋅ic

  [puh-thog-nuh-mon-ik]
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–adjective
Medicine/Medical. characteristic or diagnostic of a specific disease: a pathognomonic sign of pneumonia.
Origin:
1615–25; < Gk pathognōmonikós skilled in judging disease. See patho-, gnomon, -ic

Related forms:
pa⋅thog⋅no⋅mon⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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pa·thog·no·mon·ic   (pə-thŏg'nə-mŏn'ĭk, pāth'əg-nō-)   
adj.  Characteristic or symptomatic of a particular disease or condition.

[Greek pathognōmonikos : patho-, patho- + gnōmonikos, able to judge (from gnōmōn, interpreter; see gnō- in Indo-European roots).]
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Main Entry: pa·tho·gno·mon·ic
Pronunciation: "path-&(g)-nO-'män-ik
Function: adjective
: distinctively characteristic ofa particular disease or condition pathognomonic of one of the classical psychoneuroses —Journal of the American Medical Association>
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pathognomonic pa·thog·no·mon·ic (pə-thŏg'nə-mŏn'ĭk, pāth'əg-nō-)
adj.
Characteristic or symptomatic of a particular disease or condition.

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