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DIAGNOSIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: diagnoses   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon

Synonyms:

diagnosing; diagnosis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("diagnosis" is a kind of...):

designation; identification (the act of designating or identifying something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "diagnosis"):

blood typing (determining a person's blood type by serological methods)

medical diagnosis (identification of a disease from its symptoms)

uranalysis; urinalysis ((medicine) the chemical analysis of urine (for medical diagnosis))

Derivation:

diagnose (determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis)

diagnose (subject to a medical analysis)

diagnostic (concerned with diagnosis; used for furthering diagnosis)

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 Context examples: 

However, earlier studies suggest that at least 6% of patients don’t fast sufficiently, potentially raising blood glucose and leading to an incorrect diagnosis and additional testing.

(Researchers identify method to verify if children fasted before medical testing, National Institutes of Health)

Methods for diagnosis or monitoring of disease predisposition by translation and validation of molecular discoveries in medicine into the clinical diagnostic setting.

(Molecular Diagnostic Method, NCI Thesaurus)

This diagnosis applies when at least 25% of the resected tumor contains extracellular mucin.

(Acinar Prostate Mucinous Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

At least 30 percent of either component should be present for the diagnosis to be made.

(Ampulla of Vater Mixed Adenoneuroendocrine Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical diagnosis of angina during a hospitalization, of which angina was not the admitting diagnosis.

(Angina During Hospitalization, NCI Thesaurus)

A medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis and management of hereditary disorders.

(Medical Genetics, NCI Thesaurus)

A method to diagnosis hepatocellular carcinoma based on radiological findings, alfa-fetoprotein level and biopsy.

(Barcelona Criteria, NCI Thesaurus)

It can be used to help in diagnosis of the disease and to monitor the response to treatment.

(Bence Jones protein, NCI Thesaurus)

The polypeptide is also used as a marker in kidney damage diagnosis and in the detection of viral infection.

(Beta-2-Microglobulin Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

A substance that is made from a living organism or its products and is used in the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of cancer and other diseases.

(Biologic agent, NCI Dictionary)