pathognomonic

pathognomonic
pathognomonically, adv.
/peuh thog'neuh mon"ik/, adj.
Med. characteristic or diagnostic of a specific disease: a pathognomonic sign of pneumonia.
[1615-25; < Gk pathognomonikós skilled in judging disease. See PATHO-, GNOMON, -IC]

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