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diagnosis
[ dahy-uhg-noh-sis ]
noun
- Medicine/Medical.
- the process of determining by examination the nature and circumstances of a diseased condition.
- the decision reached from such an examination. : Dx
- Biology. scientific determination; a description that classifies a group or taxon precisely.
- a determining or analysis of the cause or nature of a problem or situation.
- an answer or solution to a problematic situation.
diagnosis
/ ˌdaɪəɡˈnəʊsɪs /
noun
- the identification of diseases by the examination of symptoms and signs and by other investigations
- an opinion or conclusion so reached
- thorough analysis of facts or problems in order to gain understanding and aid future planning
- an opinion or conclusion reached through such analysis
- a detailed description of an organism, esp a plant, for the purpose of classification
diagnosis
/ dī′əg-nō′sĭs /
, Plural diagnoses dī′əg-nō′sēz
- The identification by a medical provider of a condition, disease, or injury made by evaluating the symptoms and signs presented by a patient.
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- pre·di·ag·no·sis noun plural prediagnoses
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Word History and Origins
Origin of diagnosis1
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Example Sentences
Diagnosis of CTE is often considered to be specialized and has to occur at a designated institution like Boston University.
The official diagnosis: a mono-like virus that makes you really, really tired.
Those of us who are committed to this issue see it the same light you might if you got a fatal cancer diagnosis for your child.
I recall being taught during my medical education that a likely diagnosis was neurofibromatosis type 1.
Accompanying this diagnosis was a description of what her particular death would be like.
In the early stages of chronic nephritis, when diagnosis is difficult, it is usually normal.
In pernicious anemia they are always greatly diminished, and an increase should exclude the diagnosis of this disease.
Directions for preparing it are given in most of the newer large text-books upon clinical diagnosis.
A marked lymphocyte leukocytosis occurs in pertussis, and is of value in diagnosis.
When applied to the diagnosis of typhoid fever, the phenomenon is known as the Widal reaction.
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