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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pathognomonic \Pa*thog`no*mon"ic\, a. [Gr. ? skilled in judging of diseases; pa`qos a disease + ? skilled: cf. F. pathognomonique. See Gnomic.] (Med.) Specially or decisively characteristic of a disease; indicating with certainty a disease; as, a pathognomonic symptom. [1913 Webster] The true pathognomonic sign of love jealousy. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]