diagnosis (redirected from Evolution of medical diagnosis)

di·ag·no·sis  (dg-nss)

n. pl. di·ag·no·ses (-sz)

1. Medicine

a. The act or process of identifying or determining the nature and cause of a disease or injury through evaluation of patient history, examination, and review of laboratory data.

b. The opinion derived from such an evaluation.

2.

a. A critical analysis of the nature of something.

b. The conclusion reached by such analysis.

3. Biology A brief description of the distinguishing characteristics of an organism, as for taxonomic classification.

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[Greek diagnsis, discernment, from diagignskein, to distinguish : dia-, apart; see dia- + gignskein, gn-, to come to know, discern; see gn- in Indo-European roots.]

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diagnosis [ˌdaɪəgˈnəʊsɪs]

n pl -ses [-siːz]

1. (Medicine)

a.  the identification of diseases by the examination of symptoms and signs and by other investigations

b.  an opinion or conclusion so reached

2.

a.  thorough analysis of facts or problems in order to gain understanding and aid future planning

b.  an opinion or conclusion reached through such analysis

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) a detailed description of an organism, esp a plant, for the purpose of classification

[New Latin, from Greek: a distinguishing, from diagignōskein to distinguish, from gignōskein to perceive, know]

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diagnosis  (dg-nss)

Plural diagnoses (dg-nsz)

The identification by a medical provider of a condition, disease, or injury made by evaluating the symptoms and signs presented by a patient.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

diagnosis - identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon diagnosing identification, designation - the act of designating or identifying something blood typing - determining a person's blood type by serological methods medical diagnosis - identification of a disease from its symptoms uranalysis, urinalysis - (medicine) the chemical analysis of urine (for medical diagnosis)

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diagnosis

noun

1. identification, discovery, recognition, pinpointing, detection Diagnosis of this disease can be very difficult.

2. opinion, result, verdict, conclusion, judgment, interpretation, prognosis, pronouncement She needs to have a second test to confirm the diagnosis.

Translations

diagnosis [ˌdaɪəgˈnəʊsɪs] N (diagnoses (pl)) [ˌdaɪəgˈnəʊsiːz] (= opinion, conclusion) → diagnóstico m (also Med)

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diagnosis [ˌdaɪəgˈnəʊsɪs] [diagnoses] [ˌdaɪəgˈnəʊsiːz] (pl) n [disease] → diagnostic m

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diagnosis

n pl <diagnoses> → Diagnose f; to make a diagnosis → eine Diagnose stellen

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diagnosis [ˌdaɪəgˈnəʊsɪs] n (diagnoses (pl)) [ˌdaɪəgˈnəʊsiːz] → diagnosi f inv

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diagnosis → تشخيص diagnóza diagnose Diagnose διάγνωση diagnóstico diagnoosi diagnostic dijagnoza diagnosi 診断 진단 diagnose diagnose diagnoza diagnóstico диагноз diagnos การวินิฉัยโรค tanı sự chẩn đoán 诊断