xenodiagnosis\'s

[zen-uh-dahy-uhg-noh-sis, zee-nuh-]

xen·o·di·ag·no·sis

[zen-uh-dahy-uhg-noh-sis, zee-nuh-]
noun Medicine/Medical.
a method of diagnosing certain diseases caused by insects, ticks, or other vectors, by allowing uninfected vectors to feed on the patient and later examining them for infections.

Origin:
1925–30; xeno- + diagnosis

xen·o·di·ag·nos·tic [zen-uh-dahy-uhg-nos-tik, zee-nuh-] , adjective
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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