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diagnostician

noun · 2 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌdaɪəɡnɒˈstɪʃən/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who diagnoses, especially a medical doctor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Dr Smith was many things — a mentor, a friend, a helpful colleague — but his highest calling may have been as a diagnostician, in which role he undoubtedly saved lives by breaking a logjam in many a challenging differential diagnosis.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pathologist

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: specialist, medical specialist

Narrower terms: etiologist, aetiologist, Florey, Howard Florey, Sir Howard Walter Florey, Landsteiner, Karl Landsteiner, Paget, Sir James Paget, Rous, Peyton Rous, Francis Peyton Rous, Virchow, Rudolf Virchow, Rudolf Karl Virchow

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 English -ician English diagnostician From diagnosis + -ician.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: interniste — a medical doctor specialized in diagnoses
  • Greek: διαγνωσιολόγος (diagnosiológos) — a medical doctor specialized in diagnoses
  • Greek: διαγνώστης (diagnóstis) — a medical doctor specialized in diagnoses
  • Greek: διαγνώστρια (diagnóstria) — a medical doctor specialized in diagnoses
  • Hungarian: diagnoszta — a medical doctor specialized in diagnoses
  • Irish: aitheantóir — a medical doctor specialized in diagnoses
  • Italian: diagnosta — a medical doctor specialized in diagnoses
  • Italian: diagnostico — a medical doctor specialized in diagnoses
  • Italian: diagnostica — a medical doctor specialized in diagnoses
  • Māori: tākuta tautuhi mate — a medical doctor specialized in diagnoses
  • Russian: диагно́стик (diagnóstik) — a medical doctor specialized in diagnoses
  • Russian: диагно́ст (diagnóst) — a medical doctor specialized in diagnoses
  • Serbo-Croatian: дијагно̀стича̄р — a medical doctor specialized in diagnoses
  • Serbo-Croatian: дијагно̀стича̄рка — a medical doctor specialized in diagnoses
  • Serbo-Croatian: dijagnòstičār — a medical doctor specialized in diagnoses
  • Serbo-Croatian: dijagnòstičārka — a medical doctor specialized in diagnoses
  • Swedish: diagnostiker — a medical doctor specialized in diagnoses
  • Tagalog: manunuring-aral — a medical doctor specialized in diagnoses