DIAGNOSTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diagnostic mean? 

• DIAGNOSTIC (adjective)
  The adjective DIAGNOSTIC has 2 senses:

1. concerned with diagnosis; used for furthering diagnosis

2. characteristic or indicative of a disease

  Familiarity information: DIAGNOSTIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIAGNOSTIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Concerned with diagnosis; used for furthering diagnosis

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

a diagnostic reading test

Pertainym:

diagnosis (identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon)

Derivation:

diagnosis (identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Characteristic or indicative of a disease

Synonyms:

diagnostic; symptomatic

Context example:

a rise in crime symptomatic of social breakdown

Similar:

characteristic (typical or distinctive)

 Context examples 

TNM clinical findings are based on information obtained prior to the first definitive treatment through physical examination, diagnostic imaging, and biopsy.

(Bladder Cancer Clinical TNM Finding v6, NCI Thesaurus)

The type of a material sample taken from a biological entity for testing, diagnostic, propagation, treatment or research purposes.

(Biospecimen Type, NCI Thesaurus)

Examination of the blood from a group of usually asymptomatic individuals to detect those with a high probability of having a given disease, typically by means of inexpensive diagnostic tests.

(Blood Screening, NCI Thesaurus)

Chemistry that deals with the composition and preparation of substances used in treatment of patients or diagnostic studies.

(Medicinal Chemistry, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Methods for diagnosis or monitoring of disease predisposition by translation and validation of molecular discoveries in medicine into the clinical diagnostic setting.

(Molecular Diagnostic Method, NCI Thesaurus)

Small numbers of cancer cells that have spread from the primary tumor to other parts of the body and are too few to be picked up in a screening or diagnostic test.

(Micrometastasis, NCI Dictionary)

A method or procedure by which biological material is obtained from a subject for testing, diagnostic, treatment, or research purposes.

(Biospecimen Collection Method, NCI Thesaurus)

The act or process of gathering biospecimens for testing, diagnostic, propagation, treatment or research purposes.

(Biospecimen Collection, NCI Thesaurus)

A method to determine health status of fetus; it includes prenatal diagnostic methods and obstetrical management.

(Assessment of Fetal Condition, NCI Thesaurus)

Anatomical location where an artery was accessed for a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure.

(Arterial Access Site, NCI Thesaurus)