Diagnosis Definition

dīəg-nōsĭs
diagnoses
noun
diagnoses
The act or process of discovering or identifying a diseased condition by means of a medical examination, laboratory test, etc.
Webster's New World
A decision or opinion based on such examination.
Webster's New World
A careful examination and analysis of the facts in an attempt to understand or explain something.
A diagnosis of the economy.
Webster's New World
The conclusion reached by such analysis.
American Heritage Medicine
A short scientific description for classification.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Diagnosis

Noun

Singular:
diagnosis
Plural:
diagnoses

Origin of Diagnosis

  • Greek diagnōsis discernment from diagignōskein to distinguish dia- apart dia– gignōskein gnō- to come to know, discern gnō- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin diagnōsis, from Ancient Greek διάγνωσις (diágnōsis), from διαγιγνώσκειν (diagignóskein, “to discern”), from διά (diá, “apart”) + γιγνώσκειν (gignóskein, “to learn”).

    From Wiktionary

Diagnosis Sentence Examples

  • She was better off pulling a random diagnosis out of a hat.

  • Plague was suspected, but Dr Muller, who attended the man and had studied the disease in India, would not admit the diagnosis on clinical grounds, nor was it bacteriologically established until the 19th of October.

  • The last decade of the 19th century will stand out in the history of medical science as the period in which serum therapeutics and serum diagnosis had their birth.

  • Later, as she looked down at his sleeping form, she was silently cursing the doctor because his diagnosis was correct, but for the wrong partner.

  • The differential diagnosis is of the highest importance, but very frequently time alone will furnish a sufficient criterion.

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Words Starting With

DDIDIA

Words Ending With

SISSIS

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Words Starting With D and Ending With S

Starts With D & Ends With SStarts With DI & Ends With SStarts With D & Ends With IS

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With D9 Letter Words Ending With S