pathognomonic

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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