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Meaning of "pathognomonic" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PATHOGNOMONIC

From Greek pathognōmonikos expert in judging illness, from patho- + gnōmōn judge.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PATHOGNOMONIC

pathognomonic  [ˌpæθəɡnəˈmɒnɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PATHOGNOMONIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pathognomonic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PATHOGNOMONIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pathognomonic

Pathognomonic is a term, often used in medicine, that means characteristic for a particular disease. A pathognomonic sign is a particular sign whose presence means that a particular disease is present beyond any doubt. Labelling a sign or symptom "pathognomonic" represents a marked intensification of a "diagnostic" sign or symptom. The word is an adjective of Greek origin, derived from páthos and gnōmon.

Definition of pathognomonic in the English dictionary

The definition of pathognomonic in the dictionary is characteristic or indicative of a particular disease.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PATHOGNOMONIC


ammonic
əˈmɒnɪk
anharmonic
ˌænhɑːˈmɒnɪk
cinnamic
ˌsɪnəˈmɒnɪk
cinnamonic
ˌsɪnəˈmɒnɪk
demonic
dɪˈmɒnɪk
disharmonic
ˌdɪshɑːˈmɒnɪk
dysharmonic
ˌdɪshɑːˈmɒnɪk
enharmonic
ˌɛnhɑːˈmɒnɪk
eudaemonic
ˌjuːdɪˈmɒnɪk
eudemonic
ˌjuːdiːˈmɒnɪk
harmonic
hɑːˈmɒnɪk
hegemonic
ˌhɛɡəˈmɒnɪk
inharmonic
ˌɪnhɑːˈmɒnɪk
mnemonic
nɪˈmɒnɪk
pandemoniac
ˌpændɪˈmɒnɪk
philharmonic
ˌfɪlhɑːˈmɒnɪk
pneumonic
njuːˈmɒnɪk
pulmonic
pʌlˈmɒnɪk
Solomonic
ˌsɒləˈmɒnɪk
subharmonic
ˌsʌbhɑːˈmɒnɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PATHOGNOMONIC

pathobiology
pathogen
pathogene
pathogenesis
pathogenetic
pathogenic
pathogenicity
pathogenous
pathogeny
pathognomonically
pathognomy
pathography
pathologic
pathological
pathologically
pathologies
pathologise
pathologist
pathologize
pathology

WORDS THAT END LIKE PATHOGNOMONIC

antimnemonic
antimonic
bionic
cacodemonic
chronic
daimonic
electronic
euharmonic
first harmonic
hormonic
iconic
ionic
ironic
nonharmonic
phlegmonic
sermonic
sonic
thanatognomonic
tonic
ultrasonic

Synonyms and antonyms of pathognomonic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pathognomonic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PATHOGNOMONIC

Find out the translation of pathognomonic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pathognomonic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pathognomonic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

特异病征性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

patognomónico
570 millions of speakers

English

pathognomonic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pathognomonic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اصم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

патогномоничными
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

patognomônico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pathogenous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pathognomonique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Patogen
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pathognomonisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

特徴的な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pathognomonic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pathogen
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bệnh lý
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pathogenous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रोगजनक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

patojen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

patognomonico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

patognomoniczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

патогномонічними
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

patognomonice
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παθογνωμονικής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kenmerkend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

patognomona
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pathognomonic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pathognomonic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PATHOGNOMONIC»

The term «pathognomonic» is regularly used and occupies the 97.499 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PATHOGNOMONIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pathognomonic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PATHOGNOMONIC»

Discover the use of pathognomonic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pathognomonic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Item Interpretation of the Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological ...
These three scales — Pathognomonic, Right Hemisphere, and Left Hemisphere — will be discussed first in this chapter. Pathognomonic Scale The Pathognomonic scale was created to bring together items that are highly indicative of brain ...
‎1982
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Medical Decision Making
Pathognomonic findings: A good screening question excludes disease; a pathognomonic finding establishes a diagnosis. A pathognomonic finding occurs in only one disease. Pathognomonic findings improve diagnostic efficiency, but very ...
Harold C. Sox, Michael C. Higgins, Douglas K. Owens, 2013
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Child Neuropsychology: Assessment and Interventions for ...
Pathognomonic Sign Approach One of the most common methods of analyzing neuropsychological data has been the deficit or pathognomonic sign approach. This approach was developed from research findings showing that certain items  ...
Margaret Semrud-Clikeman, Phyllis Anne Teeter Ellison, 2009
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Handbook of Clinical Child Neuropsychology
An example of a nonlinear approach to test score interpretation is the use of the '' pathognomonic sign'' approach in neuropsychology. Pathognomonic signs are performances that are seen rarely, if ever, in persons with normal brain function.
Cecil Reynolds, Elaine Fletcher-Janzen, 2009
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Practice of Child-Clinical Neuropsychology: An Introduction
These modes of approach to interpretation have been characterized as follows: ( 1) level of performance, (2) pathognomonic signs, (3) pattern analysis or the differential score approach, (4) comparisons of performances on the two sides of the ...
Byron Rourke, Sean Rourke, Harry van der Vlugt, 2002
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Abductive Inference: Computation, Philosophy, Technology
Pathognomonic symptoms. The idea of pathognomonic symptoms is known to all clinicians. Definition A symptom 5 is said to be pathognomonic if there exists at least one disease D whose existence can be automatically inferred from the ...
John R. Josephson, Susan G. Josephson, 1996
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The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Schizophrenia
However, later studies have shown that Schneiderian first-rank symptoms are not entirely pathognomonic and that they can be found in other psychotic disorders as well, such as depression and mania (Carpenter et al. 1973; Wing and Nixon ...
Jeffrey A. Lieberman, T. Scott Stroup, Diana O. Perkins, 2007
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Developmental Neuropsychology
These traditional signs of neurological disturbance are considered pathognomonic of (i.e., invariably associated with) CNS dysfunction and are an important method of inference making used in comprehensive neuropsychological assessment.
Otfried Spreen, Anthony H. Risser, Dorothy Edgell, 1995
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A Color Atlas of Comparative Pathology of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Pathognomonic: Characteristic for a particular disease. A pathognomonic finding is a feature whose presence means that a particular disease is present without doubt. A pathognomonic sign of symptom is highly specific, but need not be ...
Franz Joel Leong, Veronique Dartois, Thomas Dick, 2010
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Essentials of Neuropsychological Assessment: Treatment ...
In addition, Reitan and Wolfson have suggested interpreting neuropsychological data four different ways, advocating for consideration of the (1) level of performance, (2) pattern of performance, (3) pathognomonic signs, and (4) right- left ...
Rik Carl D'Amato PhD, Lawrence C. Hartlage PhD, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PATHOGNOMONIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pathognomonic is used in the context of the following news items.
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What Is Vascular Dementia?
Second, in contrast to Alzheimer disease, the diagnosis of vascular dementia has no pathognomonic criteria. Third, the clinical diagnostic ... «Medscape, Jul 15»
2
Pathogenesis of Acute and Chronic Osteomyelitis
This article aims to give an overview of the current literature focussing on pathognomonic aspects of osteomyelitis because of microbial invasion. «Medscape, Jul 15»
3
Brain imaging in Kufs disease type B: case reports
The cerebral and cerebellar volume loss seen on neuroimaging in our patients are not features pathognomonic of CLN13, having also been ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jul 15»
4
Canine distemper still a risk
This a pathognomonic (classic, diagnostic) seizure disorder of canine distemper. Once neurological signs are seen, the dog is not expected to ... «Merced Sun-Star, Jun 15»
5
Systemic autoimmune disease in asbestosis rapidly responding to …
Although the radiological features of asbestosis are not specific, high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) usually shows pathognomonic ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jun 15»
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Sero-prevalence and risk factors associated with African swine fever …
There is no sign, however, that is pathognomonic to ASF. The implication of this is that the ability of the farmers to recognize such associated ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jun 15»
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Blueprint of madness or youthful existential crisis?
His references to being crazy or having a broken mind are also not pathognomonic, as insane people generally don't think or know that they ... «The Colorado Independent, Jun 15»
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What James Holmes's diary says about the Aurora theater shooter's …
“His references to being crazy or having a broken mind are also not pathognomonic, as insane people generally don't think or know that they ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
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Rabies threat to Australia discussed at veterinary conference
An image showing numerous rabies virions – small, dark grey, rodlike particles – and negri bodies, which are the larger pathognomonic ... «Horsetalk, May 15»
10
Slumming it in While You Slept
Ms Edo, who is incapable of giving off anything apart from a pathognomonic blank stare, no matter the extremes of emotion required from her, ... «Daily Sun, May 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Pathognomonic [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pathognomonic>. Apr 2024 ».
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