diagnostics
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of diagnostics
First recorded in 1660–70; see origin at diagnostic, -ics
Example Sentences
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In April 2027, UChicago Medicine will open the AbbVie Foundation Cancer Pavilion, Chicago's first freestanding cancer pavilion, to bring advanced diagnostics, innovative treatments, translational discoveries, and comprehensive support to patients and the community.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
The industry saw a large private-equity deal earlier this year, when Blackstone and TPG took women’s-health diagnostics company Hologic private in April in a deal valued up to $18.3 billion, including debt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
“AI-driven drug discovery, clinical development and diagnostics are beginning to improve productivity across the sector, while life science tools appear to be emerging from a multiyear destocking cycle.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
"Innovations in imaging hardware have the potential to transform diagnostics, and this study is an important step toward next-generation MRI technology," says Dr. Ebba Beller, a co-author of the paper at Rostock University Medical Center.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
Perhaps I was nothing more than a victim of modern diagnostics; in another century it would have been said of me that I was old and therefore losing my mind.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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