DIAGNOSTIC | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Diagnostic

Speech Type: Adjective

Etymology:

early 17th century: from Greek diagnōstikos ‘able to distinguish’, from diagignōskein ‘distinguish’; the noun from hē diagnōstikē tekhnē ‘the art of distinguishing (disease)’

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ˌdʌɪəɡˈnɒstɪk
Dialects: British English
Definition:

concerned with the diagnosis of illness or other problems

Short Definition:

concerned with diagnosis of illness etc.

Examples:
  • a diagnostic tool
Definition:

characteristic of a particular species, genus, or phenomenon

Short Definition:

characteristic of particular species etc.

Examples:
  • the diagnostic character of having not one but two pairs of antennae

Word: Diagnostic

Speech Type: Noun

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ˌdʌɪəɡˈnɒstɪk
Dialects: British English
Definition:

a distinctive symptom or characteristic.

Short Definition:

distinctive symptom or characteristic

Definition:

the practice or techniques of diagnosis

Short Definition:

practice or techniques of diagnosis

Examples:
  • advanced medical diagnostics

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