pathognomonic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌpaθəɡnə(ʊ)ˈmɒnɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌpæθəɡnoʊˈmɑːnɪk/ (General-American)
- /ˌpæθoʊnəˈmɑːnɪk/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek παθογνωμονικός (pathognōmonikós, “skilled in diagnosis”), from πάθος (páthos, “misfortune”) + γνωμονικός (gnōmonikós, “fit to judge of”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable, of a sign or symptom) specifically characteristic or indicative of a particular disease or condition.
high involvement in internet-related behaviors is likely not pathognomonic for addiction and may stem from comorbid disorders (e.g., mood disorders, anxiety disorders, attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder).
2024 May 30, Germano Vera Cruz, Elias Aboujaoude, Magdalena Liberacka-Dwojak, Monika Wiłkość-Dębczyńska, Lucien Rochat, Riaz Khan, Yasser Khazaal, “How much online pornography is too much? A comparison of two theoretically distinct assessment scales”, in Archives of Public Health, volume 82, →DOI:A tetrad of rash, arthralgia, abdominal pain and kidney disease in a child is pathognomonic for Henoch-Schönlein purpura.
Antonyms
Deriveds
nonpathognomonic · pathognomonically
Translations (10)
ca patognomònic (Beyond any doubt diagnostic for a particular disease) · el παθογνωμονικός (Beyond any doubt diagnostic for a particular disease) · es patognomónico (Beyond any doubt diagnostic for a particular disease) · ca patognòmic (Beyond any doubt diagnostic for a particular disease) · fi patognomoninen (Beyond any doubt diagnostic for a particular disease) · sv patognomon (Beyond any doubt diagnostic for a particular disease) · sv patognomonisk (Beyond any doubt diagnostic for a particular disease) · it patognomonico (Beyond any doubt diagnostic for a particular disease) · de pathognomonisch (Beyond any doubt diagnostic for a particular disease) · fr pathognomonique (Beyond any doubt diagnostic for a particular disease)