Pathognomonic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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           The true pathognomonic sign of love jealousy.
                                                    --Arbuthnot.
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