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Diagnosis
Diˊag-no′sis
,Noun.
pl.
Diagnoses
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. [NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to distinguish;
διά
through, asunder + [GREEK] to know. See Know
.] 1.
(Med.)
The art or act of recognizing the presence of disease from its signs or symptoms, and deciding as to its character; also, the decision arrived at.
3.
Scientific determination of any kind; the concise description of characterization of a species.
4.
Critical perception or scrutiny; judgment based on such scrutiny; esp., perception of, or judgment concerning, motives and character.
The quick eye for effects, the clear
diagnosis
of men’s minds, and the love of epigram. Compton Reade.
My
diagnosis
of his character proved correct. J. Payn.
Differential diagnosis
(Med.)
, the determination of the distinguishing characteristics as between two similar diseases or conditions.
Definition 2024
diagnosis
diagnosis
English
Noun
diagnosis (plural diagnoses)
- (medicine) The identification of the nature and cause of an illness.
- 2012 January 1, Philip E. Mirowski, “Harms to Health from the Pursuit of Profits”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 87:
- In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.
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- The identification of the nature and cause of something (of any nature).
- Compton Reade
- The quick eye for effects, the clear diagnosis of men's minds, and the love of epigram.
- J. Payn
- My diagnosis of his character proved correct.
- Compton Reade
- (taxonomy) A written description of a species or other taxon serving to distinguish that species from all others. Especially, a description written in Latin and published.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page viii
- The repeated exposure, over decades, to most taxa here treated has resulted in repeated modifications of both diagnoses and discussions, as initial ideas of the various taxa underwent—often repeated—conceptual modification.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page viii
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identification of the nature and cause of an illness
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identification of the nature and cause of something
written description of a taxon