pathognomonic

Adjective

Meaning

Specially or decisively characteristic of a disease; indicating with certainty a disease; as, a pathognomonic symptom.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

characteristic naming diagnostic exponential expressive peculiar indicative figurative idiosyncratic metaphorical symptomatic emblematic diacritical ideographic meaningful
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Antonyms

ordinary literal abnormal atypical irrelevant meaningless
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Examples

ARF is an acute inflammatory reaction with pathognomonic Aschoff bodies histologically and RHD is a non-inflammatory sequelae of ARF. Source: Internet

It is pathognomonic for autoinfective larvae and can be used as a diagnostic criterion for strongyloidiasis due to S. stercoralis. Source: Internet

Some signs are specifically characteristic and indicative of a disease and are called pathognomonic signs; but these are rare. Source: Internet

What distinguishes each disease symptomatically (as opposed to the underlying pathology) is not any particular (pathognomonic) symptom or symptoms, but a specific pattern of symptoms. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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