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DIAGNOSTIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characteristic or indicative of a disease
Example:
a rise in crime symptomatic of social breakdown
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
characteristic (typical or distinctive)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Concerned with diagnosis; used for furthering diagnosis
Example:
a diagnostic reading test
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
diagnosis (identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon)
Derivation:
diagnosis (identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon)
Context examples:
A physical exam, imaging, and other diagnostic tests can tell if you have it.
(Atherosclerosis, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
A histamine H2 receptor agonist with diagnostic application.
(Betazole, NCI Thesaurus)
For instance, it might allow researchers to track viruses and perform other diagnostic tests in the field.
(Smartphone microscope detects nanoparticles and viruses, NIH)
This MoAb, either alone or in combination with other immunotherapeutic agents, may have possible diagnostic or therapeutic applications in gastrointestinal cancers.
(Monoclonal Antibody D6.12, NCI Thesaurus)
FAP shows a very limited distribution pattern in normal tissues, thereby MoAb F19 has possible diagnostic and therapeutic applications in epithelial cancers.
(Monoclonal Antibody F19, NCI Thesaurus)
An immunohistochemical diagnostic test utilizing an antibody to detect p16 in tissues.
(p16 Immunohistochemical Expression Analysis, NCI Thesaurus)
The physician who has ordered diagnostic tests, services, items (e.g., durable medical equipment), or supplies for a patient or study subject.
(Ordering Physician, NCI Thesaurus)
The completed action of obtaining pictures of the interior or exterior of the body usually for diagnostic reasons.
(Performed Imaging, NCI Thesaurus)
Any intentionally added component of a finished pharmaceutical product other than the claimed therapeutic or diagnostic ingredient(s).
(Pharmaceutical Excipient, NCI Thesaurus)
Technique used to draw blood from a vein for diagnostic purposes or for treatment of certain blood disorders.
(Phlebotomy, NCI Thesaurus)
