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di·ag·nos·tic

g-n

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ADJECTIVE:

Of, relating to, or used in a diagnosis.
Serving to identify a particular disease; characteristic.

NOUN:

The art or practice of medical diagnosis. Often used in the plural with a singular verb.
A symptom or a distinguishing feature serving as supporting evidence in a diagnosis.
An instrument or a technique used in medical diagnosis.

ETYMOLOGY:
Greek diagnstikos, able to distinguish, from diagnstos, distinguished, from diagignskein, to distinguish ; see diagnosis

OTHER FORMS:
diag·nosti·cal·ly(Adverb)

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