单词 | pathognomy |
释义 | pathognomyn. 1. Knowledge or study of the passions or emotions, esp. the facial expression of them. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > study of emotions > [noun] pathology1681 pathognomy1789 pathematologya1832 pathetics1896 1789 T. Holcroft tr. J. C. Lavater Ess. Physiognomy I. iv. 20 Pathognomy [Ger. Pathognomik] is the knowledge of the signs of the passions. 1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 6 651 Physiognomy takes cognizance of the shapes, and pathognomy of the motions of the features. 1874 Edinb. Rev. July 172 The general aspect, stature, and balance of the living being, and..its more fleeting and transient emotions, are translated and telegraphed by the form and movements of the figure. The first expression we call Physiognomy; the second Pathognomy. 1920 L. H. MacCormick (title) Characterology: an exact science, embracing physiognomy, phrenology and pathognomy. 1990 ELH 57 693 Such assumptions were underpinned by still vigorous popular traditions of physiognomy and its related branches of pathognomy and phrenology. 1995 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 56 446 Sue's anatomy expected artists and sculptors to learn the dynamic physiognomy (pathognomy) of expression of passions. 2. The knowledge or study of the signs and symptoms by which diseases may be distinguished; a description of such signs and symptoms. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > study of disease > [noun] > study or description of symptoms spasmology1681 symptomatography1736 symptomatics1748 symptomatology1804 pathognomy1822 semiology1839 semiography1853 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 28 A voluminous and complicated classification of pulses is rather proof of an active fancy than of a sound judgement: and though Dr. Heberden and Dr. Hunter may have thought too lightly of this branch of pathognomy, [etc.]. 1984 Clin. Neurol. & Neurosurg. 86 178 The pathognomy and etiology of cognitive and motor disorders in patients with Parkinson's disease. 1998 New Phytologist 140 550/1 We provide a detailed pathognomy of strip-cankering on European beech. The distribution and symptomatology of cankered trees is described. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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