Meaning of DIAGNOSIS
| Pronunciation: | | `dIug'nowsis
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| | Definition: | | [n] identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon |
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| | Synonyms: | | diagnosing |
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| | See Also: | | blood typing, designation, identification, medical diagnosis, uranalysis, urinalysis | |
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| | Definition: | | Diagnosis
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Di`ag*no"sis\, n.; pl. {Diagnoses}. [NL., fr. Gr. ?,
fr. ? to distinguish; dia` through, asunder + ? 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.
2. Scientific determination of any kind; the concise
description of characterization of a species.
3. 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.
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| | Definition: | | identifying a disease by its signs, symptoms, and laboratory findings. |
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| | Definition: | | To identify the cause of a disease or condition based on observations of symptoms and other signs. |
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| | Related Terms: | | action, anatomic diagnosis, award, biological diagnosis, biopsy, clinical diagnosis, condemnation, consideration, construction, cytodiagnosis, decision, decree, definition, deliverance, description, determination, dictum, differential diagnosis, digital examination, doom, electrocardiography, electroencephalography, electromyography, examination, finding, interpretation, laboratory diagnosis, mammography, meaning, oral examination, order, Pap test, physical diagnosis, physical examination, postmortem diagnosis, precedent, prognosis, pronouncement, reading, resolution, ruling, sentence, serodiagnosis, smear, study, test, urinalysis, uroscopy, verdict, way of seeing, work-up |
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