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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
diagnosis
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 of tuberculosis, of the lungs and of other organs, became possible.
▪ The challenge in making an accurate diagnosis begins immediately when the consultant enters the organization.
▪ Lack of tenacity could be a more accurate diagnosis.
▪ We give structured assessments, order appropriate investigations, reach an accurate diagnosis and then make the relevant treatment or referral.
▪ The accurate diagnosis achieved combined with the evolution of intrauterine surgery, however, is radically changing patients' management.
▪ But although this discovery has made accurate diagnosis much easier, the way in which the expansion occurs remains to be understood.
▪ Patients who fail to respond to these regimens or whose symptoms do not allow an accurate clinical diagnosis should be referred.
clinical
▪ Delayed gastric emptying after surgery was confirmed in only 20% of patients referred with this clinical diagnosis.
▪ The results are often at variance with the clinical diagnosis.
▪ Patients who fail to respond to these regimens or whose symptoms do not allow an accurate clinical diagnosis should be referred.
▪ It is a safe, clinical diagnosis requiring no investigation.
correct
▪ It was then shown the correct diagnosis in each case, broken into five categories, ranging from flatulence to angina.
▪ However, calculation of the anion gap will lead the clinician to the correct diagnosis.
▪ Since it is virtually impossible to obtain cultures for the gonococcus, the chances of making the correct diagnosis are considerably reduced.
▪ It is clearly imperative to arrive at a correct diagnosis of the origins of involuntary unemployment.
▪ A further characteristic to aid a correct diagnosis is a marked shortening of the bloom stalks.
▪ Gautama Buddha looked on himself as a doctor and discovered the correct diagnosis of man's suffering.
▪ She was nearly adopted before the correct diagnosis became obvious at the age of five.
▪ The operation, and the lack of a correct diagnosis of her true illness, had killed her.
differential
▪ The differential diagnosis includes both primary psychiatric illness and a wide range of organic acute brain syndromes, including substance abuse.
▪ The differential diagnosis of the condition should include hyperuricemia occurring secondary to renal failure of another cause.
▪ Sarcoidosis with intestinal involvement is the main differential diagnosis in our patient.
▪ Where Ancylostoma is also endemic, differential diagnosis may require larval culture although the treatment is similar.
▪ The usual differential diagnosis lies between non-specific urethritis and gonorrhoea.
early
▪ It is now more widely recognized, leading to earlier diagnosis.
▪ Because prevention is of primary importance, early diagnosis is the goal.
▪ This only adds to the suffering, because early diagnosis and appropriate treatment are necessary to prevent long-term complications.
▪ It also will discourage other members from seeking early diagnosis and the treatments that can prolong their lives.
▪ It has been validated for early diagnosis of tuberculosis.
▪ Coelocentesis: a new technique for early prenatal diagnosis Chorionic villus sampling and amniocentesis have disadvantages.
▪ Beating the enemy Vigilance is the best weapon, since early diagnosis and prompt treatment can make all the difference.
▪ Conclusions - An increased use of diagnostic imaging for pyloric stenosis did not lead to earlier diagnosis or better management.
final
▪ In all cases the final diagnosis had not been suggested before manometry.
▪ Twenty two required biopsies but in only three cases was the final diagnosis different from that initially suggested by the consultant.
initial
▪ Plain radiography, with its superior spatial resolution, remains a key investigation in the initial diagnosis of a primary bone tumour.
▪ Waiting for the results of tests, like waiting for an initial diagnosis, can be stressful and worrying.
▪ All cases are presented and discussed at the weekly team meeting, after which an initial diagnosis is made.
▪ Patients transferred after initial diagnosis elsewhere and patients referred for consultation only were excluded.
▪ An initial diagnosis of the Gettier counter-examples may be that it is just luck that Henry's justified belief is true.
medical
▪ The medical diagnosis was cerebral palsy.
▪ Sophisticated monitoring equipment and sensing devices for medical diagnosis have been available for some time.
▪ Many have proved beneficial to areas such as medical diagnosis, geological prospecting and computer system configuration.
▪ Or, there is the medical diagnosis system.
▪ Member meant it as a medical diagnosis.
positive
▪ A month ago he had a positive diagnosis and was treated at the Churchill Hospital.
▪ Even in this demonstration project one of the nine families with a positive diagnosis apparently entered the programme in ignorance.
▪ In view of this influence on patient management, a positive diagnosis of 30.6% in patients with non-cardiac chest pain justifies its use.
▪ Patient selection, therefore, affected their rate of positive diagnosis, which was only 14% compared with 50.7% in our study.
▪ A positive diagnosis was made in 50.7% of referrals.
prenatal
▪ Accurate dating of pregnancy is important for other reasons, such as prenatal diagnosis and early identification of intrauterine growth retardation.
▪ Coelocentesis: a new technique for early prenatal diagnosis Chorionic villus sampling and amniocentesis have disadvantages.
▪ We included genetic counselling alone, for familial cases when no prenatal diagnosis is available, among primary preventive approaches.
▪ Coelocentesis may be suitable for prenatal diagnosis in the first trimester.
▪ Our findings also point to the increasing importance of fetal ultrasonography in the prenatal diagnosis of fetal trisomy 21.
▪ One of their main findings is the increasing importance of fetal ultrasonography in the prenatal diagnosis of fetal trisomy 21.
▪ They hope to get a diagnostic test and prenatal diagnosis out to people as quickly as possible.
▪ We have demonstrated the feasibility of coelocentesis and its potential for prenatal diagnosis before 10 weeks' gestation.
psychiatric
▪ Sometimes it is incorrectly assumed that listing patients' problems precludes inclusion of psychiatric diagnosis.
■ NOUN
fault
▪ It was also useful from the point of view of fault diagnosis.
▪ Other applications include sound recognition, fault diagnosis, and robot control.
▪ These groups were fault diagnosis, access to technical information, and maintenance planning and scheduling.
▪ At least one application, fault diagnosis, promised to be highly cost effective.
■ VERB
confirm
▪ Endoscopy was performed at entry to confirm the diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease.
▪ It is helpful in confirming the diagnosis of epilepsy.
▪ All patients underwent colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy before study entry to confirm the diagnosis of ulcerative colitis.
▪ Cocainization of the pharynx relieves the pain in some; when positive, this test confirms the diagnosis.
▪ Conventional allergists use skin tests to confirm the diagnosis, not to make it.
▪ The sedimentation rate is elevated in 90-95 % of these patients and when above 50 Westergren helps confirm the diagnosis.
▪ The disappearance of symptoms during elimination and reappearance on challenge confirm the diagnosis.
▪ Doctors can usually hear pneumonia, he says, and an X-ray can confirm the diagnosis.
consider
▪ Fear of public criticism may well be intimidating some doctors, making them less inclined to consider the diagnosis.
establish
▪ A positive biopsy establishes the diagnosis.
▪ They had established a running diagnosis of Rift Valley fever, dengue or the dreaded Ebola.
▪ The demonstration of muscle rigidity is most important in establishing the diagnosis.
▪ We compared the times taken to establish a definite diagnosis for the remaining infants from the time of presentation at the hospital.
▪ Liver function tests and liver biopsy may also help in establishing the diagnosis.
▪ Labelled red blood cells and selective visceral angiography have been recommended to establish the diagnosis.
▪ Temporal artery biopsy is considered the definitive test in establishing the diagnosis.
give
▪ Some people say that they are actually relieved when they are given a diagnosis.
▪ Viral cultures during an attack will give the diagnosis in cases such as these.
help
▪ Another characteristic of reactions to chemicals is that they come on very promptly after the exposure - which helps in the diagnosis.
▪ Liver function tests and liver biopsy may also help in establishing the diagnosis.
▪ But now scanning techniques have been improved, which will help make early diagnosis possible.
▪ Voice over A second scanner at the John Radcliffe Hospital can help make the diagnosis even clearer.
▪ Who can help to make the diagnosis of alcoholism?
lead
▪ It is now more widely recognized, leading to earlier diagnosis.
▪ Many doctors are not aware of this and are led to a false diagnosis of seizure disorder.
▪ Three months later, the patient had fever and headache which led to the diagnosis of cerebral toxoplasmosis with multiple cerebral abscesses.
▪ Conclusions - An increased use of diagnostic imaging for pyloric stenosis did not lead to earlier diagnosis or better management.
▪ Epigastric pain is uncommon and concurrent peptic ulcer disease may lead to an incorrect diagnosis.
▪ In medicine, measurement and observation often lead to diagnosis and cure, though not invariably so.
make
▪ Tiny, custom-made nanobots could help a doctor make his diagnosis.
▪ No laboratory test or pathological finding can make an absolutely certain diagnosis of sarcoidosis.
▪ Since it is virtually impossible to obtain cultures for the gonococcus, the chances of making the correct diagnosis are considerably reduced.
▪ We will briefly discuss each of these power relationships for their importance in making a comprehensive diagnosis. 1.
▪ Most doctors are fairly unshockable, and they will need all the facts if they are to make a proper diagnosis.
▪ Eventually, however, arterial blood gas values will be required to make a definitive acid-base diagnosis.
▪ But now scanning techniques have been improved, which will help make early diagnosis possible.
▪ The challenge in making an accurate diagnosis begins immediately when the consultant enters the organization.
receive
▪ There will, therefore, be a built-in tendency for inflated numbers of women to receive this diagnosis.
use
▪ Bruce had a simple pendulum of the kind people employ to locate water, and which he used for diagnosis.
▪ Hence its measurement is used in the diagnosis of myocardial infarction and cerebrovascular accidents.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A diagnosis would not be made for 48 hours, until the results of blood tests are returned.
▪ Armed with a video, patients can explore their diagnosis in the privacy of their home with the luxury of time.
▪ Disseminated histoplasmosis can be treated effectively if the diagnosis is made quickly and anti-fungal drug therapy is started early.
▪ Furthermore, a careful history and physical examination permit a confident diagnosis that stands up over time.
▪ Madness is a diagnosis or verdict of some of our greatest doctors and geniuses, and of their man-disappointed minds.
▪ The camera tracks the movement of these materials, thus assisting in diagnosis of cancers or various types of cardiovascular disease.
▪ The colon was not assessed in nine patients in whom the diagnosis of malignant disease elsewhere had been obtained by other tests.
▪ This is especially so when a diagnosis of dementia blinds works to remaining skills.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Diagnosis

Diagnosis \Di`ag*no"sis\, n.; pl. Diagnoses. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to distinguish; dia` through, asunder + ? to know. See Know.]

  1. (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.

  2. 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.

  3. Scientific determination of any kind; the concise description of characterization of a species.

  4. 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
diagnosis

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).

Wiktionary
diagnosis

n. (context medicine English) The identification of the nature and cause of an illness.

WordNet
diagnosis
  1. n. identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon [syn: diagnosing]

  2. [also: diagnoses (pl)]

Wikipedia
Diagnosis (artificial intelligence)

As a subfield in artificial intelligence, Diagnosis is concerned with the development of algorithms and techniques that are able to determine whether the behaviour of a system is correct. If the system is not functioning correctly, the algorithm should be able to determine, as accurately as possible, which part of the system is failing, and which kind of fault it is facing. The computation is based on observations, which provide information on the current behaviour.

The expression diagnosis also refers to the answer of the question of whether the system is malfunctioning or not, and to the process of computing the answer. This word comes from the medical context where a diagnosis is the process of identifying a disease by its symptoms.

Diagnosis

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 computer science, it is typically used to determine the causes of symptoms, mitigations, and solutions.

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.