diagnosis

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The procedure of choice for the diagnosis is the computed tomography of the chest.

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  1. noun Medicine The act or process of identifying or determining the nature and cause of a disease or injury through evaluation of patient history, examination, and review of laboratory data.
  2. noun Medicine The opinion derived from such an evaluation.
  3. noun A critical analysis of the nature of something.
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  • For best, most rapid effect, it should include private schools, but such details needn't be resolved until the diagnosis has been agreed upon. —  Anchor Rising
  • If the symptoms return, Diaz said, the diagnosis is a food allergy. —  CNN.com
  • The procedure of choice for the diagnosis is the computed tomography of the chest. —  BioMed Central - Latest articles
  • I have been to apple and the diagnosis is a new logic board. —  Discussions: Message List - root
  • Prof Elliott argues that a diagnosis is a hollow victory for many parents, because there is no clear evidence that any one teaching approach is more suitable for dyslexics than any other group of poor readers. —  Home | Mail Online
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  1. Greek diagnōsis, discernment, from diagignōskein, to distinguish : dia-, apart; see dia- + gignōskein, gnō-, to come to know, discern; see gnō- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French diagnose = Spanish Portuguese diagnosis = Italian diagnosi, from New Latin diagnosis, from Greek διάγνωσις, a distinguishing, from διαγιγνώσκειν, distinguish, discern, from διά, between, + γιγνώσκειν (√ *γνω), know, = English know, q. v. Cf. gnosis, gnostic, etc.
 

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