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pathognomonics

pathognomonics noun: the study of characteristic indications (pathognomonic signs) of particular diseases.

Noun

pathognomonics (uncountable)

  1. The study of characteristic indications (pathognomonic signs) of particular diseases.
    • Without that, 'tis vain to harangue the world with the formal and formidable pomp of ætiologics, pathognomonics, procatarctics, prognostics...1734, William Stukeley, Of the Gout, page 39

Questions about pathognomonics

What does pathognomonics mean?
Pathognomonics means the study of characteristic indications (pathognomonic signs) of particular diseases.
What part of speech is pathognomonics?
Pathognomonics is a noun.

Words near pathognomonics in the dictionary

  1. pathognomies
  2. pathognomonic
  3. pathognomonical
  4. pathognomonically
  5. pathognomonicity
  6. pathognomonics
  7. pathognomy
  8. pathognostic
  9. pathogonies
  10. pathogony
  11. pathographer

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