verb
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To determine which disease is causing a sick person's signs and symptoms; to find the diagnosis.
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(by extension) To determine the cause of a problem.
noun
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The identification of the nature and cause of an illness.
example
He was given the wrong treatment due to an erroneous diagnosis.
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The identification of the nature and cause of something (of any nature).
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A written description of a species or other taxon serving to distinguish that species from all others. Especially, a description written in Latin and published.
Examples of diagnosis in a Sentence
She was better off pulling a random diagnosis out of a hat.
Plague was suspected, but Dr Muller, who attended the man and had studied the disease in India, would not admit the diagnosis on clinical grounds, nor was it bacteriologically established until the 19th of October.
The last decade of the 19th century will stand out in the history of medical science as the period in which serum therapeutics and serum diagnosis had their birth.
Later, as she looked down at his sleeping form, she was silently cursing the doctor because his diagnosis was correct, but for the wrong partner.
The challenge is getting an accurate diagnosis.
The differential diagnosis is of the highest importance, but very frequently time alone will furnish a sufficient criterion.
Jane was not happy with the results of her medical exam, so she hoped the diagnosis would be disproven by another doctor.
This was the doctor who stuck by her for years after her diagnosis.
Comparative anatomists have been learning to refrain from basing the diagnosis of a species, or the description of the condition of an organ, on the evidence of a single specimen.
They may thus afford a means of diagnosis.
The vexed question of the diagnosis of diphtheria is now a thing of the past.
Quite irrespective of the nature of the anatomical lesion, the finding of the diphtheria bacillus on the part affected and the inoculability of this upon a suitable fresh soil are the sole means by which the diagnosis can be made certain.
In his anatomical studies Galen had a twofold object - a philosophical, to show the wisdom of the Creator in making everything fit to serve its purpose; and a practical, to aid the diagnosis, or recognition, of disease.
To the value of stains in clinical diagnosis, especially in investigation of perversions of the blood in many maladies, we have already made some reference.
The speech so much impressed Mr. Balfour that he introduced Mr. Law into his Government as Parliamentary Secretary of the Board of Trade; and Mr. Joseph Chamberlain's Tariff Reform movement, which was started in the following year, showed how right Mr. Law was in his diagnosis of the future.
Now the cellular pathology of the blood, investigated by the aid of modern staining methods, is as important as that of the solid organs; no clinical investigator - indeed, apart from research, no practitioner at this day - can dispense with examination of the blood for purposes of diagnosis; its coagulability and the kinds and the variations of the cells it contains being evidence of many def i nitely morbid states of the body.
It was, however, soon clear that Palmerston's diagnosis of the temper of the French bourgeois was correct; the clamour for war subsided; on the 4th of December the address on the Egyptian Question proposed by the government was carried, and peace was assured.
In 1847 he gave his first lecture at St Thomas's Hospital, on the "Aims and Philosophic Method of Pathological Research," followed a little later by lectures on general pathology in relation to the principles of diagnosis, and the treatment of disease.
He shows no inconsiderable knowledge of anatomy in his remarkable description of inflammation and abscess of the mediastinum in his own person, and its diagnosis from common pleuritis as well as from abscess and dropsy of the pericardium.
The diagnosis of vasculitis is complicated by several factors.
We can therefore substitute sound diagnosis for guesswork more frequently in modern than in historical problems.
The cytology of bone marrow, with the technique of blood examination, is of great assistance in the diagnosis of different pathological conditions.
Diagnosis, or recognition of the disease, must have been necessarily imperfect, when no scientific nosology or system of disease existed, and the knowledge of anatomy was quite inadequate to allow of a precise determination of the seat of disease; but symptoms were no doubt observed and interpreted skilfully.
It arose from the fact that as early as May 1887 the German physicians recognized the presence of cancer in the throat, but Sir Morell Mackenzie, the English specialist who was also consulted, disputed the correctness of this diagnosis, and advised that the operation for removal of the larynx, which they had recommended, should not be undertaken.
Although not accurate in the conclusions reached at the time, the value of the method of diagnosis is shown by the retention in modern medicine of the name and the practice of " Hippocratic succussion."
But greater value lies in his generic or sub-generic divisions, which, taken as a whole, are far more natural than those of Linnaeus, and consequently capable of better diagnosis.
A diagnosis covering all the Ratitae (struthio, rhea, casuarius, dromaeus, apteryx and the allied fossils dinornis and aepyornis) would be as follows - (i) terrestrial birds without keel to the sternum, absolutely flightless; (ii) quadrate bone with a single proximal articulating knob; (iii) coracoid and scapula fused together and forming an open angle; (iv) normally without a pygostyle; (v) with an incisura ischiadica; (vi) rhamphotheca compound; (vii) without apteria or bare spaces in the plumage; (viii) with a complete copulatory organ, moved by skeletal muscles.
The discovery had, however, yet to be completed by that of auscultation, or listening to sounds produced in the chest by breathing, the movements of the heart, &c. The combination of these methods constitutes what is now known as physical diagnosis.
In the department of abdominal disease progress has been made, not only in this enormous extension of means of cure by operative methods, but also in the verification of diagnosis.
We learn both from Iamblichus6 and Porphyry' that Pythagoras practised the diagnosis of the characters of candidates for pupilage before admitting them, although he seems to have discredited the current physiognomy of the schools, as he rejected Cylo, the Crotonian, on account of his professing these doctrines, and thereby was brought into some trouble.
In other species of the genus, 14 to 17 in number, the bill is mostly particoloured - green, yellow, red, chestnut, blue and black variously combining so as often to form a ready diagnosis; but some of these tints are very fleeting and often leave little or no trace after death.
The minute diagnosis of these two species cannot be briefly given.
The diagnosis was that I had suffered a cerebral aneurysm.
A CAT scan confirms the diagnosis of a stroke.
In view of Master X's previous prescription for Amoxil and his presenting epigastric symptoms, the deputy made a diagnosis of antibiotic-induced gastritis.
When CMT is suspected in a child, the diagnosis begins with a careful neurological exam to determine the extent and distribution of weakness.
These symptoms may also resemble other conditions or medical problems, so a physician should be consulted for a diagnosis.
In many cases the doctor may not be able to make the diagnosis until specific organs or organ systems are affected.
Another factor that complicates diagnosis is that the various childhood vasculitides have overlapping symptom profiles.
Rheumatologist-A doctor who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders affecting the joints and connective tissues of the body.
These unique characteristics, the general condition and symptoms of the child, and the test results are studied in order for the physician to make a diagnosis.
Since the TORCH test is a screening or first-level test, the pediatrician may order tests of other body fluids or tissues to confirm the diagnosis of a specific infection.
In suspected cases of toxoplasmosis, rubella, or syphilis, cerebrospinal fluid may be obtained from the infant by spinal tap in order to confirm the diagnosis.
A diagnosis of CMV is usually confirmed by culturing the virus in a sample of the infant's urine.
In HSV infections, tissue culture is the best method to confirm the diagnosis.
The first diagnosis of a mitochondrial disorder occurred in 1959, and the genetic material of microchondria, called mtDNA, was discovered in 1963.
Prognosis is poor with death typically occurring within a few years of diagnosis.
In some cases a diagnosis can be made based on blood tests; in others, blood tests may indicate that further testing is necessary.
Parents should, therefore, be advised that despite the complexity of testing for mitochondrial disorders, diagnosis is not always possible.
Virus isolated from a throat swab and/or feces or blood tests demonstrating the rise in a specific antibody is required to confirm the diagnosis.