diagnosis
Etymology
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Etymology
From Latin diagnōsis, from Ancient Greek διάγνωσις, from διαγιγνώσκω ("to discern"), from διά ("through") + γιγνώσκω.
Pronunciation- IPA: /daɪəɡˈnəʊsɪs/
diagnosis
- (medicine, countable, uncountable) The process of, or an instance of, identification of the nature and cause of an illness.
- Diagnosis is a challenging art informed by wide-ranging science.
- He was given the wrong treatment due to an erroneous diagnosis.
- Her diagnoses include type 2 diabetes mellitus, primary hypertension, diabetic retinopathy, and generalized anxiety disorder.
- The process of, or an instance of, identification of the nature and cause of something (of any nature).
- Diagnosis is part of being an automotive mechanic.
- Her diagnosis of the current economic situation is that central banks are overcorrecting.
- 1887, Charles L. Reade, Compton Reade, Charles Reade, Dramatist, Novelist, Journalist: A Memoir:
- The quick eye for effects, the clear diagnosis of men's minds, and the love of epigram.
- 1887, James Payn, Glow-worm tales:
- My diagnosis of his character proved correct.
- (taxonomy) A written description of a species or other taxon serving to distinguish that species from all others; especially a description written and published in Latin.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page viii:
- The repeated exposure, over decades, to most taxa here treated has resulted in repeated modifications of both diagnoses and discussions, as initial ideas of the various taxa underwent—often repeated—conceptual modification.
- French: diagnostic, diagnose
- German: Diagnose
- Italian: diagnosi
- Portuguese: diagnóstico
- Russian: диа́гноз
- Spanish: diagnóstico, diagnosis
- Portuguese: diagnose
- (nonstandard, proscribed, rare) Synonym of diagnose
- 2013, Donald A. Norman, The Design of Everyday Things:
- Experienced mechanics can diagnosis the condition of machinery just by listening.
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