Crossword clues for diagnoses
diagnoses
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; also, the decision arrived at.
Hence, the act or process of identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon, especially the abnormal behavior of an animal or artifactual device; as, diagnosis of a vibration in an automobile; diagnosis of the failure of a sales campaign; diagnosis of a computer malfunction.
Scientific determination of any kind; the concise description of characterization of a species.
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Critical perception or scrutiny; judgment based on such scrutiny; esp., perception of, or judgment concerning, motives and character.
The quick eye for effects, the clear diagnosis of men's minds, and the love of epigram.
--Compton Reade.My diagnosis of his character proved correct.
--J. Payn.Differential diagnosis (Med.), the determination of the distinguishing characteristics as between two similar diseases or conditions.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
plural of diagnosis.
Wiktionary
WordNet
n. identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon [syn: diagnosing]
[also: diagnoses (pl)]
See diagnosis
Usage examples of "diagnoses".
For one thing, it excludes diagnoses: anyone who speaks of cryptogenic cirrhosis has excluded alcoholic or post-hepatitic cirrhosis.
In the writings of Gregg Rickman, however, diagnoses of Dick abound and are relentlessly flogged despite the highly inconclusive evidence.
Her diagnoses are correct, her notes are wonderful, and she's as sharp as hell.
In short, we want more precise diagnoses because we have more precise therapies.
For years after the telephone became common, physicians resisted making telephone diagnoses, and they still frown on them.
The first is that the MGH, by its very nature, sees a great many patients whose diagnoses have been missed.
Each teaching hospital in Boston delights in getting the patients of others, and making diagnoses that were missed.