DIAGNOSIS (diagnoses)

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Irregular inflected form: diagnoses   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does diagnosis mean? 

• DIAGNOSIS (noun)
  The noun DIAGNOSIS has 1 sense:

1. identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon

  Familiarity information: DIAGNOSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIAGNOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

diagnosing; diagnosis

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)

 Context examples 

The term nanoprobe is also used to describe very small particles that can be used in the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer.

(Nanoprobe, NCI Dictionary)

It marks immature monocytes, and thus is useful in the diagnosis of acute myelogenous leukemia of monocytic type.

(Alpha Naphthyl Esterase Staining Method, NCI Thesaurus)

MicroRNAs are being studied in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

(microRNA, NCI Dictionary)

Your doctor uses imaging tests and a biopsy to make the diagnosis.

(Mesothelioma, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

Bill grunted his disagreement with the diagnosis, and lapsed into silence.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

ASCO sets the standard for cancer care, supports funding for clinical and translational research, fosters the exchange of information related to cancer, including cancer biology, diagnosis, staging, treatment and psychosocial impact.

(American Society of Clinical Oncology, NCI Thesaurus)

The modified version of the questionnaire contains 8 features for more accurate diagnosis of MID, the vascular dementia type.

(Modified Hachinski Ischemic Scale-NACC Version Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

Participants included a total of 1,713 people with a diagnosis of ADHD and 1,529 people without a diagnosis, ranging in age from 4 to 63 years old.

(Brains of Those with ADHD Show Smaller Structures Related to Emotion, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

In addition to the photos, the atlas will include written descriptions of affected people and will be searchable by phenotype (a person’s traits), syndrome, continental region of residence and genomic/molecular diagnosis.

(NIH creates Atlas of Human Malformation Syndromes in Diverse Populations, NIH)

Early diagnosis and treatment of HCV can prevent liver damage.

(Allergy drug inhibits hepatitis C, NIH)