adjective
- characteristic of a particular disease or condition; serving as a distinctive sign or symptom that allows for definitive diagnosis
Usage: medical
Examples
- The rash was pathognomonic of measles, allowing the doctor to make an immediate diagnosis.
- Koplik’s spots are pathognomonic signs of measles that appear before the typical rash.
- The neurologist looked for pathognomonic features that would confirm the suspected diagnosis.
- Few symptoms are truly pathognomonic, as most can occur in multiple conditions.
- The pathognomonic presentation made the case straightforward for the medical students.
- Researchers identified a pathognomonic biomarker for the rare genetic disorder.