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Webster 1913 Edition


Diagnostic

Diˊag-nos′tic

,
Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK] able to distinguish, fr. [GREEK]: cf. F.
diagnostique
.]
Pertaining to, or furnishing, a diagnosis; indicating the nature of a disease.

Diˊag-nos′tic

,
Noun.
The mark or symptom by which one disease is known or distinguished from others.

Webster 1828 Edition


Diagnostic

DIAGNOSTIC

,
Adj.
[Gr., to know.] Distinguishing; characteristic; indicating the nature of a disease.

DIAGNOSTIC

,
Noun.
The sign or symptom by which a disease is known or distinguished from others. Diagnostics are of two kinds; the adjunct, or such as are common to several diseases; and the pathognomonic, which always attend the disease, and distinguish it from all others.

Definition 2024


diagnostic

diagnostic

English

Alternative forms

Adjective

diagnostic (comparative more diagnostic, superlative most diagnostic)

  1. of, or relating to diagnosis
  2. characteristic of a particular disease

Hyponyms

Translations

Noun

diagnostic (plural diagnostics)

  1. a technique etc. used in medical diagnosis
  2. (computing) Any tool or technique used to find the root of a problem

See also


French

Noun

diagnostic m (plural diagnostics)

  1. diagnosis

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