English Explanatory Dictionary

diagnosis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The process of, or an instance of, identification of the nature and cause of a medical condition or illness.
  2. The process of, or an instance of, identification of the nature and cause of something (of any nature).
  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.
verb
  1. Synonym of diagnose.

Pronunciation

/daɪəɡˈnəʊsɪs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-diagnosis.wav

Word forms

diagnosis diagnoses

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) 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”).

Synonyms

diagnose

Related words

agnosia agnostic agnosticism agnosy gnosis -gnosy prognose prognosis prognostic prognostically prognostication

Derived words

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

Translations

Albanian: diagnozë Arabic: تَشْخِيص Armenian: ախտորոշում Armenian: դիագնոզ Azerbaijani: diaqnoz Belarusian: дыя́гназ Bulgarian: диагно́за Catalan: diagnòstic Catalan: diagnosi Chinese Cantonese: 診斷 /诊断 Chinese Mandarin: 診斷 /诊断 Czech: diagnóza Danish: diagnose Danish: diagnosticering Dutch: diagnose Esperanto: diagnozo Estonian: diagnoos Finnish: diagnoosi French: diagnostic French: diagnose Galician: diagnose Georgian: დიაგნოზი German: Diagnose Greek: διάγνωση Ancient Greek: διάγνωσις Gujarati: નિદાન Hebrew: אִבחוּן Hindi: निदान Hungarian: diagnózis Hungarian: kórjelzés Icelandic: greining Icelandic: sjúkdómsgreining Indonesian: diagnosis Interlingua: diagnose Italian: diagnosi Japanese: 診断 Kazakh: диагноз Kazakh: диагностика Khmer: រោគរិនិច្ច័យ Korean: 진단 Northern Kurdish: teşxîs Kyrgyz: диагноз Kyrgyz: диагностика Lao: ການວິນິດໄສ Lao: ການພິເຄາະໂຣກ Latvian: diagnoze Lithuanian: diagnozė Macedonian: дијагно́за Malay: diagnosis
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