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.
Full Definition of PATHOLOGICAL. 1. : of or relating to pathology. 2. : altered or caused by disease; also: indicative of disease. 3. â pathÂ·oÂ·logÂ·iÂ·calÂ·ly \-ji-k(É-)lÄ\ adverb. See pathological defined for English-language learners. See pathological defined for kids.