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diagnosis

noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /daɪəɡˈnəʊsɪs/
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  • rhymes with -əʊsɪs
  • CMU ARPABET: D AY2 AH0 G N OW1 S AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The process of, or an instance of, identification of the nature and cause of a medical condition or illness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

Examples

  • 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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The process of, or an instance of, identification of the nature and cause of something (of any nature).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Diagnosis is part of being an automotive mechanic.
  • Her diagnosis of the current economic situation is that central banks are overcorrecting.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

Synonym of diagnose.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: nonstandard, proscribed, rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: diagnose

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: diagnosing

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: designation, identification

Narrower terms: blood typing, medical diagnosis, urinalysis, uranalysis

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δια- (dia-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh3- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h3sḱétider. Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō Ancient Greek γῐγνώσκω (gĭgnṓskō) Ancient Greek δῐαγῐγνώσκω (dĭagĭgnṓskō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́γνωσῐς (dĭắgnōsĭs)der. Latin diagnōsisder. English diagnosis From Latin diagnōsis, from Ancient Greek διάγνωσις (diágnōsis), from διαγιγνώσκω (diagignṓskō, “to discern”), from διά (diá, “through”) + γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “to know”).

Across languages

Translations

97 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: diagnozë — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Arabic: تَشْخِيص (tašḵīṣ) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Armenian: ախտորոշում (axtorošum) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Armenian: դիագնոզ (diagnoz) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Azerbaijani: diaqnoz — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Belarusian: дыя́гназ (dyjáhnaz) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Bulgarian: диагно́за (diagnóza) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Catalan: diagnòstic — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Catalan: diagnosi — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Chinese Cantonese: 診斷 /诊断 (can2 dyun3 / zan2 dyun3) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Chinese Mandarin: 診斷 /诊断 (zhěnduàn) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Czech: diagnóza — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Danish: diagnose — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Danish: diagnosticering — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Dutch: diagnose — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Esperanto: diagnozo — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Estonian: diagnoos — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Finnish: diagnoosi — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • French: diagnostic — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • French: diagnose — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Galician: diagnose — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Georgian: დიაგნოზი (diagnozi) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • German: Diagnose — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Greek: διάγνωση (diágnosi) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Ancient Greek: διάγνωσις (diágnōsis) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Gujarati: નિદાન (nidān) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Hebrew: אִבחוּן (ivkhún) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Hindi: निदान (nidān) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Hungarian: diagnózis — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Hungarian: kórjelzés — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Icelandic: greining — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Icelandic: sjúkdómsgreining — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Indonesian: diagnosis — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Interlingua: diagnose — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Italian: diagnosi — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Japanese: 診断 (shindan) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Kazakh: диагноз (diagnoz) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Kazakh: диагностика (diagnostika) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Khmer: រោគរិនិច្ច័យ — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Korean: 진단 (jindan) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Northern Kurdish: teşxîs — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Kyrgyz: диагноз (diagnoz) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Kyrgyz: диагностика (diagnostika) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Lao: ການວິນິດໄສ (kān wi nit sai) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Lao: ການພິເຄາະໂຣກ (kān phi khǫ rōk) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Latvian: diagnoze — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Lithuanian: diagnozė — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Macedonian: дијагно́за (dijagnóza) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Malay: diagnosis — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Māori: whakatau māuiui — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Marathi: निदान (nidān) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Mongolian: оношилгоо (onošilgoo) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Mongolian: оношлогоо (onošlogoo) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Mongolian: онош (onoš) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Mongolian: диагноз (diagnoz) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Mongolian: ᠣᠨᠤᠰᠢᠯᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ (onusilaɣ-a) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Mongolian: ᠣᠨᠤᠰᠢ (onusi) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Mongolian: ᠳ᠋ᠢᠶᠠᠭᠠᠨᠣᠽ (diyaɣanoz) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Norman: dgiag'nose — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Norwegian Bokmål: diagnose — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: diagnose — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Pashto: تشخيص (tašxis) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Dari: تَشْخِیص (tašxīs) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Iranian Persian: تَشْخیص (tašxis) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Polish: diagnoza — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Polish: rozpoznanie — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Portuguese: diagnóstico — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Romanian: diagnoză — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Romanian: diagnostic — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Russian: диа́гноз (diágnoz) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Russian: диагно́стика (diagnóstika) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Serbo-Croatian: дијагно́за — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Serbo-Croatian: dijagnóza — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Slovak: diagnóza — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Slovene: diagnoza — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Spanish: diagnóstico — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Spanish: diagnosis — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Swedish: diagnos — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Tagalog: suring-aral — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Tajik: ташхис (tašxis) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Thai: การวินิจฉัย (gaan-wí-nít-chǎi) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Turkish: tanı — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Turkish: teşhis — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Turkmen: diagnoz — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Ukrainian: діа́гноз (diáhnoz) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Urdu: تَشْخِیص (taśxīs) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Uyghur: دىئاگنوز (di'agnoz) — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Uzbek: tashxis — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Uzbek: diagnoz — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • Vietnamese: chẩn đoán — identification of the nature and cause of an illness
  • German: Diagnose — identification of the nature and cause of something
  • Russian: диа́гноз (diágnoz) — identification of the nature and cause of something
  • Serbo-Croatian: дијагно́за — identification of the nature and cause of something
  • Serbo-Croatian: dijagnóza — identification of the nature and cause of something
  • Spanish: diagnosis — identification of the nature and cause of something
  • Spanish: diagnóstico — identification of the nature and cause of something
  • Portuguese: diagnose — written description of a taxon
Real reading context

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