pathognomy
(pəˈθɒgnəmɪ)
[f. as prec., after physiognomy, from Gr. ϕυσιογνωµονία.]
1. The knowledge or study of the passions or emotions, or of the signs or expressions of them.
| 1793 Holcroft Lavater's Physiog. ii. 24 Pathognomy is the knowledge of the signs of the passions. 1820 Blackw. Mag. VI. 651 Physiognomy takes cognizance of the shapes, and pathognomy of the motions of the features. 1874 Edin. Rev. July 172. |
2. The knowledge of the signs or symptoms by which diseases may be distinguished. rare.
| 1822–34 Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 546 A voluminous..classification of pulses..This branch of pathognomy. |