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Identification of a problem from its symptoms
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diagnosis
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1680s, medical Latin application of Greek diagnosis "a discerning, distinguishing," from stem of diagignoskein "discern, distinguish," literally "to know thoroughly," from dia- "apart" (see dia- ) + gignoskein "to learn" (see gnostic ).
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a doctor diagnoses flu/depression etc (= says what illness someone has ) ▪ The doctor diagnosed malaria. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE accurate ▪ After the tubercle bacillus was identified, accurate diagnosis ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Diagnosis is the identification of the nature and cause of a certain phenomenon. Diagnosis is used in many different disciplines with variations in the use of logic , analytics , and experience to determine " cause and effect ". In systems engineering and ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon [syn: diagnosing ] [also: diagnoses (pl)]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Diagnosis \Di`ag*no"sis\, n.; pl. Diagnoses . [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to distinguish; dia` through, asunder + ? to know. See Know .] (Med.) The art or act of recognizing the presence of disease from its signs or symptoms, and deciding as to its character; ...
Usage examples of diagnosis.
Their diagnosis, therefore, implies agnosis, or ignorance too great to be forgiven.
The differential diagnosis of amenorrhea, particularly in young girls, must consider nervousness as a strong etiologic possibility.
Red bumps could be caused by anything from a viral infection to autoimmune disease, and few skin lesions are unique enough to point to an immediate diagnosis.
His discharge diagnosis was fever of unknown origin with bacteroides septicemia.
This year alone, more than a million new diagnoses of major cancers will be made and about five hundred and fifty thousand Americans will die of cancer, an average of fifteen hundred a day.
It tended to strike men between the ages of 18 and 25 and was considered very treatable as cancers go, thanks to advances in chemotherapy, but early diagnosis and intervention were key.
Every Tuesday, the caseworker would give me her diagnosis, and that was my new assignment.
This was the provisional diagnosis despite the fact that the cerebrospinal fluid was clear.
For the surgical techniques we have observed among the Chimu, some sort of X-ray device as an aid to diagnosis would be virtually a necessity.
A diagnosis of cholangitis and cholecystitis was likely, but never demonstrated.
Until sufficient tubercular matter has been deposited in the lungs to alter the sounds observed on auscultation and percussion, a definite diagnosis of tubercular consumption cannot be made, even though there may have been hemorrhage.
He made no bones about inspecting Diamat, as if the fellow was a patient who had come for a diagnosis and treatment.
All the doctors I work with now believe in telling patients their diagnoses.
The diagnosis was dysthymic disorder, a chronic form of low-grade depression.
A few minutes of study gave him a depressingly easy working diagnosis: Donny was suffering from chronic granulomatous disease.