diagnostic

noun

Any technique used in medical diagnosis.

(computing) Any tool or technique used to find the root of a problem.

That by which anything is known; a symptom.

adjective

Of, or relating to diagnosis.

(medicine) Characteristic of a particular disease.

Serving to indicate or specify a particular item or thing within a group of similar things.

(education) Intended to assess a student's preexisting knowledge on the material being taught.

(biology) (of a skeletal or genetic feature) Characteristic of a particular taxon or clade.

Roots

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

Synonyms for diagnostic

symptomaticadj

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Where does diagnostic come from?

The word diagnostic breaks down into 2 roots of Greek origin: dia-, from Greek dia (“through, across”); and -gnost, from Greek gnosis (“knowledge”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.