Lexic.us

Definition of Diagnostic

1. Adjective. Concerned with diagnosis; used for furthering diagnosis. "A diagnostic reading test"

2. Adjective. Characteristic or indicative of a disease. "A rise in crime symptomatic of social breakdown"

Definition of Diagnostic

1. a. Pertaining to, or furnishing, a diagnosis; indicating the nature of a disease.

2. n. The mark or symptom by which one disease is known or distinguished from others.

Definition of Diagnostic

1. Adjective. of, or relating to diagnosis ¹

2. Adjective. characteristic of a particular disease ¹

3. Noun. a technique etc. used in medical diagnosis ¹

4. Noun. (computing) Any tool or technique used to find the root of a problem ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Diagnostic

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Diagnostic

1. Refers to something that is used to determine the cause of an illness or disorder. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diagnostic

diagnosable diagnosably diagnose diagnoseable diagnosed diagnosee diagnosees diagnoser diagnosers diagnoses

diagnosing diagnosis diagnosis-related group diagnosis by exclusion diagnostic (current term) diagnostic anaesthesia diagnostic audiometry diagnostic cast diagnostic diphtheria toxin diagnostic equipment

diagnostic errors diagnostic imaging diagnostic procedure diagnostic program diagnostic sensitivity diagnostic services diagnostic specificity diagnostic technique

Literary usage of Diagnostic

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 Richard J. Havel, K. Patrick Ober (1917)
"The diagnostic Value of Observations Upon the Pressure and Physical Appearance ... The diagnostic Value of Chemical Examinations of the Cerebrospinal Fluid. ..."

2. Quality Determinants Of Mammography: Clinical Practice Guideline by Lawrence W. Bassett, R. Edward Hendrick (2004)
"diagnostic Mammography RECOMMENDATION: Referring health care providers should know that women with any breast abnormality, including unilateral spontaneous ..."

3. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1888)
"February 25, 1883) thinks bacilli in sputa may be of diagnostic value in ... See is a firm believer in the diagnostic value of tubercle bacilli in sputa. ..."

4. Beneficial Uses and Production of Isotopes: 2000 Update by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, Nea (2000)
"2.7.7 Nuclear diagnostic imaging Nuclear medicine diagnostic imaging is a ... Nuclear diagnostic imaging has an important role in the identification and ..."

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