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diagnostic
[ dahy-uhg-nos-tik ]
adjective
- of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
- serving to identify or characterize; being a precise indication.
noun
- a symptom or characteristic of value in diagnosis.
- Medicine/Medical. a device or substance used for the analysis or detection of diseases or other medical conditions.
- Computers.
- a message output by a computer diagnosing an error in a computer program, computer system, or component device.
- a program or subroutine that produces such messages.
diagnostic
/ ˌ岹ɪəɡˈɒɪ /
adjective
- of, relating to, or of value in diagnosis
noun
- med any symptom that provides evidence for making a specific diagnosis
- a diagnosis
Derived Forms
- ˌ徱ˈԴDzپ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- 徱a·ԴDzt·· adverb
- Dzd··ԴDzt adjective
- d··ԴDzt adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of diagnostic1
Example Sentences
One fundamental problem with our current diagnostic approach is that the tools we use were primarily developed based on research conducted on white male children.
Kennedy took special aim at what he called “the ideology that ... the relentless autism prevalence increases are simply artifacts of better diagnoses, better recognition or changing diagnostic criteria.”
As well as owning vet practices and Vets Now, IVC has 24 referral centres handling cases too complex for High Street vets - plus 65 veterinary hospitals, diagnostic laboratories, pet crematoriums and an online pharmacy.
A diagnostic procedure to ensure the surgeons don’t resect the wrong hippocampus when considering surgery for patients with epilepsy is something most of us would consider an extremely good reason.
All patients needing urgent diagnostic scans were seen on time, but thousands of more routine check-ups were delayed.
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