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The answer is: A diagnostic lesion or symptom

Pathognomonic is defined as a clinical sign or lesion is so characteristic of a specific disease that one can make a diagnosis (definitive or highly suggestive diagnosis) based on simply seeing the sign or lesion. An example of this would be the bullseye rash seen with Lyme Disease.


Glossary Term: Pathognomonic

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