diagnostic
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əgˈnɒs adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, or used in diagnosis.
2.
serving to identify or characterize; being a precise indication.
noun
3.
diagnosis ( def 1 ).
4.
a symptom or characteristic of value in diagnosis.
5.
Medicine/Medical. a device or substance used for the analysis or detection of diseases or other medical conditions.
6.
Computers.
a.
a message output by a computer diagnosing an error in a computer program, computer system, or component device.
b.
a program or subroutine that produces such messages.
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diagnostic (ˌdaɪəɡˈnɒstɪk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of, relating to, or of value in diagnosis |
| —n | |
| 2. | med any symptom that provides evidence for making a specific diagnosis |
| 3. | a diagnosis |
| diagnostically | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
diagnostic
1620s (adj. and noun), from Gk. diagnostikos "able to distinguish," from diagnostos, verbal adj. from diagignoskein (see diagnosis). Related: Diagnostics.
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Medical Dictionary
diagnostic di·ag·nos·tic (dī'əg-nŏs'tĭk)
adj.
Of, relating to, or used in a diagnosis.
Serving to identify a particular disease; characteristic.
diagnostics The art or practice of medical diagnosis.
A symptom or a distinguishing feature serving as supporting evidence in a diagnosis.
An instrument or a technique used in medical diagnosis.
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Example sentences
Asperger's has no definitive diagnostic test and extremely subjective criteria.
It develops diagnostic technologies able to find smaller and smaller abnormalities.
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The process is methodical, mathematical, and much more likely to find cancer than current diagnostic procedures.
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