| Noun | 1. | diagnostic technique - a procedure followed in making a medical diagnosis medical diagnosis - identification of a disease from its symptoms prenatal diagnosis - any of the diagnostic procedures used to determine whether a fetus has a genetic abnormality cardiography, electrocardiography - diagnostic procedure consisting of recording the activity of the heart electronically with a cardiograph (and producing a cardiogram) echocardiography - a noninvasive diagnostic procedure that uses ultrasound to study to structure and motions of the heart echoencephalography - a noninvasive diagnostic procedure that uses ultrasound to study the anatomy of the brain auscultation - listening to sounds within the body (usually with a stethoscope) roentgenography, X-ray photography - radiography that uses X-rays to produce a roentgenogram electromyography - diagnosis of neuromuscular disorders with the use of an electromyograph mammography - a diagnostic procedure to detect breast tumors by the use of X rays thermography - diagnostic technique using a thermograph to record the heat produced by different parts of the body; used to study blood flow and to detect tumors |