adj
Meaning 1
Of, or relating to diagnosis.
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adj
Of, or relating to diagnosis.
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adj
Characteristic of a particular disease.
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Topics: medicine, sciences
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adj
Serving to indicate or specify a particular item or thing within a group of similar things.
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adj
Intended to assess a student's preexisting knowledge on the material being taught.
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adj
Characteristic of a particular taxon or clade.
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Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
Any technique used in medical diagnosis.
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noun
Any tool or technique used to find the root of a problem.
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Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
That by which anything is known; a symptom.
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adjective
concerned with diagnosis; used for furthering diagnosis
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adjective satellite
characteristic or indicative of a disease
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History
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) ▲ Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) ▲ Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh3- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh3tisder. Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis) ▲ Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek γνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós) Ancient Greek δῐαγνωστῐκός (dĭagnōstĭkós)bor. English diagnostic From Ancient Greek διαγνωστικός (diagnōstikós), adjective from διαγιγνώσκω (diagignṓskō, “to distinguish, diagnose”).
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