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Definition: Diagnosis |
DiagnosisNoun1. Identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "diagnosis" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references) |
Etymology: Diagnosis \Di`ag*no"sis\, noun; plural Diagnoses. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression, from to distinguish; dia` through, asunder to know. See Know.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Satire | DIAGNOSIS, n. A physician's forecast of the disease by the patient's pulse and purse. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Biology & Biotechnology | The art or act of determining or distinguishing a disease. Source: European Union. (references) |
Building & Civil Engineering | Determination of the causes of faults in a carriageway. Source: European Union. (references) |
Geography | Study of the actual state of the atmosphere in a manner designed to serve as the basis of the making of weather forecasts. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | Diagnosing the cause of defective operation or breakdown of a machine or installation. Source: European Union. (references) |
Transportation | By extension, identification of malfunctions of the traffic and transport system through an analysis of accidents that have occurred, in order to be able to design measures to eliminate these malfunctions and, therefore, prevent future accidents and casualties. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Diagnosis is the process of identifying a disease by its signs, symptoms and results of various diagnostic procedures. It can also be the conclusion reached through that process.
Typically, someone with abnormal symptoms will consult a physician, who will then obtain a history of their present illness and examine them for signs of disease. The physician will formulate a hypothesis of likely diagnoses and in most cases obtain further testing to confirm or clarify the diagnosis before proceeding to render treatment.
The list of most likely and possible diagnoses based on available information is called a differential diagnosis; the final diagnosis is only arrived at after other diseases on this list have been eliminated through further investigations or consultations.
See also: nosology, ICD, Diagnosis-related group.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Diagnosis."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| AO Diag | English | Acridine-Orange Diagnosis | N/A |
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Synonym: DiagnosisSynonym: diagnosing (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Discrimination | Noun: discrimination, distinction, differentiation, diagnosis, diorism; nice perception; perception of difference, appreciation of difference; estimation; nicety, refinement; taste; critique, judgment; tact; discernment; (intelligence); acuteness, penetration; nuances. |
Identification | Noun: identification, recognition, diagnosis, match; apperception, assimilation; dereplication; classification; memory; interpretation; cognizance (knowledge). |
Remedy | Noun: remedy, help, cure, redress; medicine, medicament; diagnosis, medical examination; medical treatment; surgery; preventive medicine. |
Examination, diagnosis, diagnostics; analysis, urinalysis, biopsy, radiology. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Movie/TV Titles | Diagnosis Murder (1993) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Pictured is a lab setting. There are four scientists all seated and looking through at a four-headed microscope. They are all wearing white lab coats. The simultaneous examination of tissue from a difficult case assists pathologists in their diagnosis. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | Breast imaging technology has changed over the years. Shown are mammography on left and MRI on right. Note MRI's enhancement ability to confirm diagnosis. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | This is advanced malignant melanoma. At the left, one can see a plaque of early, radial growth phase superficial spreading melanoma. To the right, and contiguous with the plaque, is a pink (amelanotic) nodule of deeply invasive vertical growth phase melanoma. Melanomas diagnosed at this stage have a poor prognosis; many of these patients develop metastatic disease and die from their cancer. In the majority of instances, the plaque stage of melanoma is present for a sufficient period of time to permit its diagnosis and removal before it progresses to a more advanced (and more difficult to treat) stage. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | This AP X-ray of the chest reveals the presence of bilateral pulmonary infiltrate, and “caving formation” present in the right apical region. The diagnosis is far-advanced tuberculosis. Credit: CDC. |
 | Program Includes: General epidemiology of WNV, clinical symptoms, diagnosis and testing issues; laboratory testing, serological classification and laboratory diagnostics; update on WNV cases and what states are doing in response to WNV; panel discussion. Credit: CDC. |  | Neisseria gonorrhoeae was found through performing a differential diagnosis, whereupon, gram negative diplococci were observed extracellularly. Credit: CDC. |
 | “Nonspecific” urethritis in the presence of mixed flora with few bacteria, and associated with neutrophils, without further testing, can possibly lead to a differential diagnosis of gonorrhea. Credit: CDC. |  | This was one of the facilities in which Plague patients would have been sequestered while undergoing diagnosis and treatment of Plague symptoms. Credit: CDC. |
 | Line graph showing estimated incidence of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), by quarter-year of diagnosis, and number of deaths, by quarter-year of death, among adults with AIDS--United States, 1985-1998. Credit: CDC. |  | The differential diagnosis proved to be chancroid, caused by Haemophilus ducreyi, and not syphilis. Chancroid can cause genital ulcers and/or inguinal buboes in the groin area. Credit: CDC. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | They were just at that time beginning in the diagnosis and treatment of lung diseases to follow the fine theory of Laennec |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | This makes diagnosis difficult. (references) | |
So accurate diagnosis is important. (references) | ||
Definite diagnosis relies on biopsy. (references) | ||
Business | The medical diagnosis subsector has been in the past a large job creator. (references) | |
The Australian casemix system employs Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) for its classification. (references) | ||
Test results will then be forwarded to the customer, providing not a diagnosis, but an indication of a possible medical problem. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Belarus | In May a Zubr "street theater" performance, entitled "Ultimate Diagnosis," led directly to the issuance of the May decree No. 11. The performance, a series of ironic skits, featured costumed members of Zubr wearing papier-mâché masks of Lukashenka being chased by other Zubrs. (references) |
Economic History | Colombia | They provide preventive and basic medical and dental consultation, early diagnosis and treatment; clinical laboratory, and X-ray services, etc. (references) |
Colombia | Other factors that is expected to improve the sector's performance is EPSs need to provide better preventive care and early diagnosis services to its affiliates, and reduce treatment costs by investing in modern technology. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | In addition, regional medical centers can provide the most advanced diagnosis and treatment for heart disease and cancer and stroke and other major diseases. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | New laser techniques could revolutionize heart bypass surgery, cut diagnosis time for viruses linked to cancer from weeks to minutes, reduce hospital costs dramatically, and hold out new promise for saving human lives. |
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| "Diagnosis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.82% of the time. "Diagnosis" is used about 1,650 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.82% | 1,647 | 5,062 |
| Noun (common) | 0.12% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.06% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,650 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "diagnosis": Astrological diagnosis ♦ Aura and vibrational diagnosis ♦ Auricular diagnosis ♦ Bioelectronic diagnosis ♦ cane diagnosis ♦ Clairvoyant diagnosis ♦ Computer aided diagnosis ♦ Computer assisted diagnosis ♦ Consciousness and thought diagnosis ♦ diagnosis cast ♦ Differential diagnosis ♦ Distant pulse diagnosis ♦ Environmental diagnosis ♦ foliar diagnosis ♦ Intuitive diagnosis ♦ Kirlian diagnosis ♦ Macrobiotic diagnosis ♦ medical diagnosis ♦ Meridian energy diagnosis ♦ Nursing Diagnosis ♦ Oriental channel diagnosis ♦ Preimplantation Diagnosis ♦ prenatal diagnosis ♦ Pressure diagnosis ♦ Pulse diagnosis ♦ Radionic diagnosis ♦ Remote diagnosis ♦ Tongue diagnosis ♦ Traditional Dhanur Veda diagnosis ♦ Traditional herbal diagnosis. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "diagnosis": Diagnosis-Related, Diagnosis-Related Groups. | |
Ending with "diagnosis": fault-diagnosis, mis-diagnosis, self-diagnosis, under-diagnosis. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "diagnosis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | diagnozë (diagnostic), përcaktim i saktë. (various references) | |
Arabic | تشخيص الداء. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | научно определение, диагноза (diagnostic). (various references) | |
Chinese | 诊断 (Diagnose, Diagnoses, diagnosing, Diagnostic), 診斷 . (various references) | |
Czech | diagnóza. (various references) | |
Danish | diagnose (diagnose, diagnosis(pl.:diagnoses), diagnostics). (various references) | |
Dutch | diagnose (diagnosis(pl.:diagnoses), diagnostics). (various references) | |
Farsi | تشخیص(طب), تشخیص ناخوشی . (various references) | |
Finnish | diagnoosi (diagnosis(pl.:diagnoses)), vianetsintä (trouble shooting, troubleshooting), sääanalyysi (analysis, diagnostic). (various references) | |
French | diagnose (diagnostics), diagnostic (diagnose). (various references) | |
German | Diagnose (diagnose). (various references) | |
Greek | διάγνωση (diagnosis(pl.:diagnoses), trouble shooting). (various references) | |
Hebrew | תבחין (experiment, test, trial), אבחון (analysis), אבח " (prognosis). (various references) | |
Hungarian | diagnózis (diagnoses). (various references) | |
Indonesian | diagnosa. (various references) | |
Italian | diagnosi (diagnosis(pl.:diagnoses)). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 診療 (medical examination and treatment), 診断. (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | し"りょう (medical examination and treatment), し" ", みたて (choice, selection), ちけ" (clinical trial, district Public Prosecutor's Office, knowledge, opinion). (various references) | |
Korean | 진단 (Diagnoses, diagnosing). (various references) | |
Manx | faaishnys-enn. (various references) | |
Norwegian | diagnose. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | iagnosisday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | diagnose (diagnosis(pl.:diagnoses)), diagnóstico (analysis, diagnostic, diagnostic measures, diagnostics, trouble shooting). (various references) | |
Romanian | diagnozã (diagnostic), diagnostic (diagnostic). (various references) | |
Russian | диагноз (diagnostic). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | dijagnoza. (various references) | |
Spanish | diagnosis (diagnostic measures, diagnostics), diagnostico (diagnose), diagnóstico (diagnostic). (various references) | |
Swedish | diagnos (diagnosis(pl.:diagnoses), diagnostics). (various references) | |
Thai | การวินิจฉัยโรค. (various references) | |
Turkish | teşhis (diagnostic, identification), tanı (diagnostic), gösterme (demo, demonstration, designation, display, indication, pointing, presentation, shew, showing, view), belirtme (definition, denotation, determination, indication, showing, specification, ventilation). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | діагноз. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "diagnosis": immunodiagnosis, misdiagnosis, serodiagnosis, xenodiagnosis. (additional references) | |
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"Diagnosis" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: diagenesis, diagnoosi, diagnos, diagnosic, diagnosys, diagonses, diagonsis, dyagnosys. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "diagnosis" (pronounced dī'ugnō"sus) |
| 6 | -g n ō" s u s | misdiagnosis, prognosis. |
| 5 | -n ō" s u s | hypnosis. |
| 4 | -ō" s u s | acidosis, apotheosis, arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis, cirrhosis, fibrosis, heterosis, meiosis, necrosis, nephrosis, neurofibromatosis, neurosis, psychosis, sclerosis, symbiosis, thrombosis, tuberculosis. |
| 3 | -s u s | amniocentesis, analysis, antithesis, archdiocese, axis, catharsis, census, colossus, consensus, crisis, dialysis, diocese, electrolysis, Genesis, geotaxis, glacis, homeostasis, hydrolysis, hypothesis, metamorphosis, morphogenesis, Narcissus, nemesis, nexus, organogenesis, photosynthesis, phototaxis, plexus, preadolescence, proboscis, prosthesis, psoriasis, psychoanalysis, psychokinesis, rhesus, synopsis, synthesis, Tarsus, telexes, Texas, thesis, urinalysis, versus. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-g-i-i-n-o-s-s" | |
-1 letter: siganids. | |
-2 letters: dissing, dossing, ganoids, gonidia, indigos, sidings, siganid. | |
-3 letters: adonis, aiding, assign, danios, doings, dongas, dosing, ganoid, gnosis, gonads, gossan, indigo, iodins, siding. | |
-4 letters: adios, agios, agons, dagos, dangs, danio, dingo, dings, doing, donas, donga, dongs, gadis, gains, goads, gonad, gonia, iodin, oasis, oidia, ossia, sadis, sagos, saids, sains, sands, sasin, signs, sings. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-g-i-i-n-o-s-s" | |
+2 letters: diagnostics, misdiagnose. | |
+3 letters: designations, digressional, disorganizes, dissociating, gangliosides, misdiagnosed, misdiagnoses, misdiagnosis. | |
+4 letters: boardsailings, digressionary, grandiosities, misdiagnosing, sailboardings, serodiagnosis, xenodiagnosis. | |
+5 letters: diagnosticians, disaccustoming, disassociating, disintegrators, serodiagnostic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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