Meaning of diagnosis in English:
diagnosis
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noundiagnoses/ˌdʌɪəɡˈnəʊsiːz/
mass noun1The identification of the nature of an illness or other problem by examination of the symptoms.
‘early diagnosis and treatment are essential’- ‘a diagnosis of Crohn's disease was made’
- ‘Many researchers have reported discrepancies between MRI diagnoses and diagnoses made during arthroscopic examination.’
- ‘The technique could eventually provide the basis for computerized medical diagnoses performed in the physician's office, they add.’
- ‘There an assessment nurse diagnosed an acute attack of rheumatoid arthritis and confirmed the diagnoses with blood tests for rheumatoid factor and ESR levels.’
- ‘More people than ever in Britain are surviving cancer thanks largely to changes in lifestyle, screening services, earlier diagnoses, and prompt treatments, the latest figures have shown.’
- ‘Isotope bone scan or MRI should be performed to make an early, definitive diagnosis.’
- ‘Each patient also demonstrated significant bronchodilator responsiveness, and two patients received an initial diagnosis of asthma.’
- ‘The symptoms of heart failure can mimic those of many other conditions, sometimes making accurate diagnosis difficult.’
- ‘Where possible, we confirmed the prenatal diagnosis by checking the results of chromosome analysis performed after delivery.’
- ‘Over one half of the pregnancies occurred within two years of initial breast cancer diagnosis.’
- ‘To establish the correct diagnosis may involve a combination of conventional and complementary techniques.’
- ‘In fact, heart failure is the most common hospital discharge diagnosis for patients over 65 years.’
- ‘Immunohistochemistry revealed the epithelial nature of the cells and excluded a diagnosis of lymphoma.’
- ‘The reliability of medical staff involved in the diagnosis of pneumonia was not investigated.’
- ‘Accurate and timely diagnosis of acute appendicitis is essential to minimize morbidity.’
- ‘Early in the nineteenth century, diagnosis depended on a patient's recitation of symptoms.’
- ‘The average physician requires an hour to make the initial ADHD diagnosis.’
- ‘Obviously, identification of the primary site is helpful in establishing the correct diagnosis.’
- ‘Specimens collected during invasive speculum examination have long been necessary for the conventional laboratory diagnosis of vaginal discharge diseases.’
- ‘For this reason, criteria have been established for the diagnosis of certain disorders.’
- ‘Preparing a diagnosis on the basis of such uncertain data is clearly nonsense.’
identification, recognition, discovery, detection, pinpointing, reading, determinationopinion, prognosis, judgement, verdict, pronouncement, conclusion, interpretationView synonyms2The distinctive characterization in precise terms of a genus, species, or phenomenon.
- ‘What does that mean in terms of a philosophical diagnosis of a damaged ethical life?’
Origin
Late 17th century modern Latin, from Greek, from diagignōskein ‘distinguish, discern’, from dia ‘apart’ + gignōskein ‘recognize, know’.
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