# 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: /daɪəɡˈnəʊsɪs/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -əʊsɪs

### Noun

diagnosis (countable and uncountable, plural diagnoses)
* (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.
* 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.
* (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

* astrodiagnosis
* autodiagnosis
* biodiagnosis
* clinical diagnosis
* coprodiagnosis
* cytodiagnosis
* diagnonsense
* differential diagnosis
* electrodiagnosis
* histodiagnosis
* immunodiagnosis
* iridodiagnosis
* misdiagnosis
* nanodiagnosis
* neodiagnosis
* neurodiagnosis
* nondiagnosis
* overdiagnosis
* pharmacodiagnosis
* photodiagnosis
* physical diagnosis
* postdiagnosis
* prediagnosis
* pseudodiagnosis
* psychodiagnosis
* radiodiagnosis
* rediagnosis
* self-diagnosis
* serodiagnosis
* subdiagnosis
* telediagnosis
* theragnosis
* transdiagnosis
* underdiagnosis
* xenodiagnosis

#### Related terms

* diagnose
* diagnostic
* diagnostics

#### Translations
### 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.

### Further reading

* “diagnosis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* “diagnosis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
* “diagnosis”, in 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: [diaɡˈnosɪs]
* Hyphenation: di‧ag‧no‧sis

### Noun

diagnosis (plural)
* 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: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /djaɡˈnosis/ [d̪jaɣ̞ˈno.sis]
* Rhymes: -osis
* Syllabification: diag‧no‧sis

### Noun

diagnosis f (plural diagnosis)
* diagnosis

### Further reading

* “diagnosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10