diagnosis

noun

(medicine, countable, uncountable) The process of, or an instance of, identification of the nature and cause of a medical condition or illness.

The process of, or an instance of, identification of the nature and cause of something (of any nature).

(taxonomy) A written description of a species or other taxon serving to distinguish that species from all others; especially a description written and published in Latin.

verb

(nonstandard, proscribed, rare) Synonym of diagnose.

Roots

diadia- · Greek · through, across gnosis-gnos · Greek · knowledge

Synonyms for diagnosis

prognosisn biopsyn uroscopyadj urinalysisn

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