diagnosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪəɡˈnəʊsɪs/
rhymes: -əʊsɪs
Forms: form: diagnoses
Etymology: From Latin diagnōsis, from Ancient Greek διάγνωσις (diágnōsis), from διαγιγνώσκω (diagignṓskō, “to discern”), from διά (diá, “through”) + γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “to know”).
Senses: examples: text: Diagnosis is a challenging art informed by wide-ranging science.
text: He was given the wrong treatment due to an erroneous diagnosis.
text: Her diagnoses include type 2 diabetes mellitus, primary hypertension, diabetic retinopathy, and generalized anxiety disorder.
text: 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.
ref: 2012 January 24, Philip E. Mirowski, “Harms to Health from the Pursuit of Profits”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 04 Apr 2012, page 87:
text: In 1995, 2% of schizophrenia diagnoses in the country were associated with cannabis use disorder. In 2000, it increased to around 4%. Since 2010, that figure increased to 8%, the study found.
ref: 2021 July 22, Katie Hunt, “Schizophrenia linked to marijuana use disorder is on the rise, study finds”, in CNN:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The process of, or an instance of, identification of the nature and cause of a medical condition or illness.
examples: text: Diagnosis is part of being an automotive mechanic.
text: Her diagnosis of the current economic situation is that central banks are overcorrecting.
text: The quick eye for effects, the clear diagnosis of men's minds, and the love of epigram.
ref: 1887, Charles L. Reade, Compton Reade, Charles Reade, Dramatist, Novelist, Journalist: A Memoir:
text: My diagnosis of his character proved correct.
ref: 1887, James Payn, Glow-worm tales:
glosses: The process of, or an instance of, identification of the nature and cause of something (of any nature).
examples: text: 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.
ref: 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:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: 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.
Derived terms: astrodiagnosis
autodiagnosis
biodiagnosis
clinical diagnosis
coprodiagnosis
cytodiagnosis
diagnonsense
diagnose
diagnostic
diagnostics
differential diagnosis
electrodiagnosis
histodiagnosis
immunodiagnosis
iridodiagnosis
misdiagnosis
nanodiagnosis
neodiagnosis
neurodiagnosis
nondiagnosis
overdiagnosis
pharmacodiagnosis
photodiagnosis
physical diagnosis
postdiagnosis
prediagnosis
pseudodiagnosis
psychodiagnosis
pulse diagnosis
radiodiagnosis
rediagnosis
scapegoat diagnosis
self-diagnosis
serodiagnosis
subdiagnosis
telediagnosis
theragnosis
transdiagnosis
underdiagnosis
xenodiagnosis
Related terms: word: agnosia
word: agnostic
word: agnosticism
word: agnosy
word: gnosis
english: and its derivatives
translation: and its derivatives
word: -gnosy
word: prognose
word: prognosis
word: prognostic
word: prognostically
word: prognostication