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English

Etymology

From Latin diagnōsis, from Ancient Greek διάγνωσις (diágnōsis), from διαγιγνώσκω (diagignṓskō, “to discern”), from διά (diá, “through”) + γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “to know”).

Pronunciation

Noun

diagnosis (countable and uncountable, plural diagnoses)

  1. (medicine, countable, uncountable) The process of, or an instance of, identification of the nature and cause of an illness.
    Diagnosis is a challenging art informed by wide-ranging science.
    He was given the wrong treatment due to an erroneous diagnosis.
    Her diagnoses include type 2 diabetes mellitus, primary hypertension, diabetic retinopathy, and generalized anxiety disorder.
    • 2012 January, Philip E. Mirowski, “Harms to Health from the Pursuit of Profits”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 4 April 2012, page 87:
      In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.
  2. The process of, or an instance of, identification of the nature and cause of something (of any nature).
    Diagnosis is part of being an automotive mechanic.
    Her diagnosis of the current economic situation is that central banks are overcorrecting.
    • 1887, Charles L. Reade, Compton Reade, Charles Reade, Dramatist, Novelist, Journalist: A Memoir:
      The quick eye for effects, the clear diagnosis of men's minds, and the love of epigram.
    • 1887, James Payn, Glow-worm tales:
      My diagnosis of his character proved correct.
  3. (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.
    • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page viii:
      The repeated exposure, over decades, to most taxa here treated has resulted in repeated modifications of both diagnoses and discussions, as initial ideas of the various taxa underwent—often repeated—conceptual modification.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

diagnosis

  1. (nonstandard, proscribed, rare) Synonym of diagnose

Further reading

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin diagnōsis, from Ancient Greek διάγνωσις (diágnōsis), from διαγιγνώσκω (diagignṓskō, “to discern”), from διά (diá, “through”) + γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “to know”). Doublet of diagnosa and diagnose.

Pronunciation

Noun

diagnosis (plural diagnosis-diagnosis)

  1. (medicine) diagnosis; the identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  2. diagnosis; the identification of the nature and cause of something (of any nature)

Alternative forms

Verb

diagnosis

  1. basic/imperative/informal of mendiagnosis

Derived terms

  • mendiagnosis (“to diagnose”)
  • terdiagnosis (“diagnosed”)

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /djaɡˈnosis/ [d̪jaɣ̞ˈno.sis]
  • Rhymes: -osis
  • Syllabification: diag‧no‧sis

Noun

diagnosis f (plural diagnosis)

  1. diagnosis

Further reading

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