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pathognomy

American  
[puh-thog-nuh-mee] / pəˈθɒg nə mi /

noun

Medicine/Medical.

  1. the study of the symptoms or characteristics of a disease; diagnosis.

pathognomy British  
/ pəˈθɒɡnəmɪ /

noun

  1. study or knowledge of the passions or emotions or their manifestations

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Etymology

Origin of pathognomy

First recorded in 1785–95; pathognomon(ic) ( def. ) + -y 3

Example Sentences

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Every man has his direct intuitive method of physiognomy and pathognomy, yet one man understands more clearly than another these signatura rerum.

From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Schopenhauer, Arthur

It is the underlying substance, the fundamental datum, and we disregard it; what interests us is its pathognomy, its play of feature during conversation.

From The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Religion, a Dialogue, Etc. by Saunders, T. Bailey (Thomas Bailey)

The science of physiognomy is one of the principal means of a knowledge of mankind: arts of dissimulation do not come within the range of physiognomy, but within that of mere pathognomy and mimicry.

From Essays of Schopenhauer by Schopenhauer, Arthur

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