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diagnostic

[ dahy-uhg-nos-tik ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
  2. serving to identify or characterize; being a precise indication.


noun

  1. a symptom or characteristic of value in diagnosis.
  2. Medicine/Medical. a device or substance used for the analysis or detection of diseases or other medical conditions.
  3. Computers.
    1. a message output by a computer diagnosing an error in a computer program, computer system, or component device.
    2. a program or subroutine that produces such messages.

diagnostic

/ ˌdaɪəɡˈnɒstɪk /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or of value in diagnosis
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. med any symptom that provides evidence for making a specific diagnosis
  2. a diagnosis
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌdiagˈnostically, adverb
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Other Words From

  • diag·nosti·cal·ly adverb
  • postdi·ag·nostic adjective
  • predi·ag·nostic adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of diagnostic1

1615–25; < Greek diagnōstikós, equivalent to diagnōst ( ós ) distinguished (akin to diágnōsis; diagnosis ) + -ikos -ic
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Example Sentences

There are too few medical specialists to diagnose early Alzheimer’s, too few of the necessary diagnostic scanners, and too few infusion centers to deliver treatment.

From Fortune

Not everyone who has the virus can access swab-based diagnostic tests, and once they do, their results are often massively delayed by scheduling bottlenecks or short-stocked supplies.

From Quartz

The doctor built his career on the study of coronaviruses, developing the first diagnostic test for SARS back in 2003.

From Fortune

The 22-year-old, whose take-home pay was about $400 per week, was served at home on June 11 while awaiting a second negative diagnostic test so he could return to work.

In general, LAMP-based diagnostic tests aren’t quite as sensitive as ones based on PCR, Tanner says, but could be used to test more people, given their simpler requirements.

The fewer diagnostic criteria required to call a person impaired, the more “any difficulty whatsoever” can be deemed impairment.

The value of the rapid diagnostic test lies in its simplicity.

But not all physicians see rapid diagnostic tests as the answer.

The joint venture entails Corgenix migrating the rapid diagnostic tests into a handheld device designed by Nanomix.

Obama did authorize sending kits for a diagnostic Ebola test called the EZ1 Real-Time RT-PCR Assay.

As a rule, however, persistent glycosuria is diagnostic of diabetes mellitus, of which disease it is the essential symptom.

Their presence in the blood in considerable numbers is diagnostic of myelogenous leukemia.

What are the diagnostic characters of beginning elephantiasis?

Mention the diagnostic features of dermatitis herpetiformis.

Other signs that are supposed to indicate the habitual practice of masturbation are of little diagnostic value.

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