Elizabeth McGovern (I) Daughter of a law professor at Northwestern University, she moved with her family to Los Angeles when he transferred to the University of California at Los Angeles (U.C.L.A.).
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 pÃ¡thos and gnÅmon.
Pathognomonic â What These Neurologic Signs Mean Johnny âRandyâ Cross, DVM, DACVIM (Neurology), Neurosurgery Certificate ACVIM No disease is ever pathognomonic based on clinical signs. signalment, and clinical signs, certain diseases become the overwhelming likelihood. in each of these diseases but this lecture will focus on the classic examples. out there, but in this lecture we try to look at diseases that you will see in private practice.