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di·ag·no·sis    Audio Help   [dahy-uhg-noh-sis] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -ses    Audio Help   [-seez] Pronunciation Key.
1.Medicine/Medical.
a.the process of determining by examination the nature and circumstances of a diseased condition.
b.the decision reached from such an examination. Abbreviation: Dx
2.Biology. scientific determination; a description that classifies a group or taxon precisely.
3.a determining or analysis of the cause or nature of a problem or situation.
4.an answer or solution to a problematic situation.

[Origin: 1675–85; < NL < Gk diágnōsis a distinguishing. See dia-, -gnosis]
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di·ag·nose    Audio Help   (dī'əg-nōs', -nōz')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   di·ag·nosed, di·ag·nos·ing, di·ag·nos·es

v.   tr.
  1. To distinguish or identify (a disease, for example) by diagnosis.
  2. To identify (a person) as having a particular disease or condition by means of a diagnosis.
  3. To analyze the nature or cause of: diagnose the reasons for an economic downturn.

v.   intr.
To make a diagnosis.


[Back-formation from diagnosis.]

di'ag·nos'a·ble adj.
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di·ag·no·sis    Audio Help   (dī'əg-nō'sĭs)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. di·ag·no·ses (-sēz)
  1. Medicine
    1. 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.
    2. The opinion derived from such an evaluation.
    3. A critical analysis of the nature of something.
    4. The conclusion reached by such analysis.
    1. A critical analysis of the nature of something.
    2. The conclusion reached by such analysis.
  2. Biology A brief description of the distinguishing characteristics of an organism, as for taxonomic classification.


[Greek diagnōsis, discernment, from diagignōskein, to distinguish : dia-, apart; see dia- + gignōskein, gnō-, to come to know, discern; see gnō- in Indo-European roots.]

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diagnosis    Audio Help   (dī'əg-nō'sĭs)  Pronunciation Key 
Plural diagnoses (dī'əg-nō'sēz)
The identification by a medical provider of a condition, disease, or injury made by evaluating the symptoms and signs presented by a patient.

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