diagnostic

Meaning

Adj

1. Of, or relating to diagnosis.
2. Characteristic of a particular disease.
3. Serving to indicate or specify a particular item or thing within a group of similar things.
4. Intended to assess a student's preexisting knowledge on the material being taught.
5. (of a skeletal or genetic feature) Characteristic of a particular taxon or clade.

Noun

1. Any technique used in medical diagnosis.
2. Any tool or technique used to find the root of a problem.
3. That by which anything is known; a symptom.

Synonyms

symptomatic

diagnostically

syndrome

veterinary medicine

diagnosis

distinquishing

of symptoms

demonstrative

set of symptoms

Translations

diagnóstico

diagnostique

diagnostico

diagnostic

diagnóstico

diagnostisch

diagnostica

diagnòstic

διάγνωση

diagnostisch

diagnostic

sintomático

διαγνωστικός

تشخيصي

Pronounced as (IPA)

/daɪ.əɡˈnɒs.tɪk/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek διαγνωστικός (diagnōstikós), adjective from διαγιγνώσκειν (diagignṓskein, “to distinguish, diagnose”).