- plural of diagnostic.
diagnostics
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of diagnostics
First recorded in 1660–70; see origin at diagnostic, -ics
Example Sentences
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“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
The advance could help pave the way for phonon lasers, a technology with potential uses in communications, medical diagnostics, and advanced sensing.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 2026
They have the ability to pay for services like direct-to-consumer diagnostics and screening, preventative care, concierge medicine, and nutritional products and supplements.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 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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