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diagnostics - 4 dictionary results

di⋅ag⋅nos⋅tics

[dahy-uhg-nos-tiks]
–noun (used with a singular verb) Medicine/Medical.
the discipline or practice of diagnosis.

Origin:
1660–70; see diagnostic, -ics

di⋅ag⋅nos⋅tic

[dahy-uhg-nos-tik]
–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.

Origin:
1615–25; < Gk diagnōstikós, equiv. to diagnōst(ós) distinguished (akin to diágnōsis; see diagnosis ) + -ikos -ic


di⋅ag⋅nos⋅ti⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
di·ag·nos·tic   (dī'əg-nŏs'tĭk)   
adj.  
  1. Of, relating to, or used in a diagnosis.
  2. Serving to identify a particular disease; characteristic.
n.  
  1. The art or practice of medical diagnosis. Often used in the plural with a singular verb.
  2. A symptom or a distinguishing feature serving as supporting evidence in a diagnosis.
  3. An instrument or a technique used in medical diagnosis.

[Greek diagnōstikos, able to distinguish, from diagnōstos, distinguished, from diagignōskein, to distinguish; see diagnosis.]
di'ag·nos'ti·cal·ly adv.

Diagnostics

Di`ag*nos"tics\, n. That part of medicine which has to do with ascertaining the nature of diseases by means of their symptoms or signs.

His rare skill in diagnostics. --Macaulay.
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