diagnosis
English
Etymology
From Latin diagnōsis, from Ancient Greek διάγνωσις (diágnōsis), from διαγιγνώσκω (diagignṓskō, “to discern”), from διά (diá, “through”) + γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “to know”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /daɪəɡˈnəʊsɪs/
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Noun
diagnosis (countable and uncountable, plural diagnoses)
- (medicine) The identification of the nature and cause of an illness.
- He was given the wrong treatment due to an erroneous diagnosis.
- 2012 January 1, Philip E. Mirowski, “Harms to Health from the Pursuit of Profits”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, 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.
- The identification of the nature and cause of something (of any nature).
- 1887, Charles L. Reade and 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.
- 1887, Charles L. Reade and Compton Reade, Charles Reade, Dramatist, Novelist, Journalist: A Memoir
- (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, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →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.
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Derived terms
- clinical diagnosis
- diagnonsense
- differential diagnosis
- misdiagnosis
- overdiagnosis
- photodiagnosis
- physical diagnosis
- self-diagnosis
- underdiagnosis
Related terms
- diagnose
- diagnostic
- diagnostics
Translations
identification of the nature and cause of an illness
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identification of the nature and cause of something
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written description of a taxon
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Verb
diagnosis
- (nonstandard, proscribed, rare) Synonym of diagnose
- 2013, Donald A. Norman, The Design of Everyday Things
- Experienced mechanics can diagnosis the condition of machinery just by listening.
- 2013, Donald A. Norman, The Design of Everyday Things
Further reading
- diagnosis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- diagnosis in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- diagnosis at OneLook Dictionary Search
Indonesian
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
- IPA(key): [diaɡˈnosɪs]
- Hyphenation: di‧ag‧no‧sis
Noun
diagnosis (plural diagnosis-diagnosis, first-person possessive diagnosisku, second-person possessive diagnosismu, third-person possessive diagnosisnya)
- diagnosis:
- (medicine) The identification of the nature and cause of an illness.
- The identification of the nature and cause of something (of any nature).
Alternative forms
- diagnosa
- diagnose
Derived terms
- mendiagnosis
- terdiagnosis
- diagnosis banding
- diagnosis diferensial
- diagnosis keperawatan
- diagnosis kerja
- diagnosis medis
- diagnosis pembanding
Related terms
- diagnostik
Further reading
- “diagnosis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /djaɡˈnosis/ [d̪jaɣ̞ˈno.sis]
- Rhymes: -osis
- Syllabification: diag‧no‧sis
Noun
diagnosis f (plural diagnosis)
- diagnosis
Further reading
- “diagnosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014