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Webster 1913 Edition
Pathognomonic
Pa-thogˊno-mon′ic
,Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK] skilled in judging of diseases;
πάθοσ
a disease + [GREEK] skilled: cf. F. pathognomonique
. See Gnomic
.] (Med.)
Specially or decisively characteristic of a disease; indicating with certainty a disease;
as, a
. pathognomonic
symptomThe true
pathognomonic
sign of love jealousy. Arbuthnot.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pathognomonic
PATHOGNOMON'IC
,Adj.
Indicating that which is inseparable from a disease, being found in that and in no other; hence, indicating that by which a disease may be certainly known; characteristic; as pathognomonic symptoms.