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pathognomy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pathog-no-my
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The facial expressions showing emotions.

Uncountable

noun

The science of such expressions.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos, “passion”) + -gnomy from physiognomy.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

pathognomies (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

pathognomonic

Questions

What does pathognomy mean?
The facial expressions showing emotions.
Where does pathognomy come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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