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- noun medicine The process of determining which
disease , from a set of possible candidates, is causing a patient's symptoms. - noun medicine A list of the common causes of a primary symptom.
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- noun a systematic method of diagnosing a disorder (e.g., headache) that lacks unique symptoms or signs
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