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Definition of Diagnosis
1. Noun. Identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon.
Generic synonyms: Designation, Identification
Specialized synonyms: Blood Typing, Medical Diagnosis, Uranalysis, Urinalysis
Derivative terms: Diagnose, Diagnose, Diagnose, Diagnose, Diagnostic
Definition of Diagnosis
1. n. The art or act of recognizing the presence of disease from its signs or symptoms, and deciding as to its character; also, the decision arrived at.
Definition of Diagnosis
1. Noun. (medicine) The identification of the nature and cause of an illness. ¹
2. Noun. The identification of the nature and cause of something (of any nature). ¹
3. Noun. (taxonomy) A written description of a species or other taxon serving to distinguish that species from all others. Especially, a description written in Latin and published. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Diagnosis
1. [n -NOSES]
Medical Definition of Diagnosis
1. The determination of the nature of a case of disease. Origin: Gr. Gnosis = knowledge (13 Nov 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diagnosis
Literary usage of Diagnosis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Medical Clinics of North America by Michael C. Fiore, Stephen S. Entman, Charles B. Rush (1922)
"A diagnosis of incipient tuberculosis is, with few exceptions, a cure. Therefore,
may not this concerted action of the medical schools, organizations, ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1919)
"Anatomical diagnosis: Pneumonia, lobar right and lower lobe left; empyema, ...
Anatomical diagnosis: Bronchopneumonia, right, with abscess of lower lobe; ..."
3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1920)
"diagnosis: psychopathic. CASE 4. M. Cut his wrist because of persecution and ...
diagnosis: paranoid condition. CASE 8. M. Cut his throat in a depression as ..."
4. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1890)
"THE value of the ophthalmoscope as an aid in making a diagnosis, confirming a
diagnosis, or in assisting to establish a differential diagnosis, ..."
5. The Rockefeller Billions: The Story of the World's Most Stupendous Fortune by Jules Abels (1907)
"In the early stage diagnosis is not always nor even usually easy. At this period
of the disease, when, from the therapeutic standpoint, so much depends on ..."
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