Meaning

3 senses

  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.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. The sphygmomanometer is an important diagnostic instrument.

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  2. We use the latest diagnostic and treatment methods.

    ruМы применяем новейшие методы диагностики и лечения. — nina99nv

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  3. What's your diagnostic?

    ruКакой у тебя диагноз? — odexed

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Origin

From Ancient Greek διαγνωστικός (diagnōstikós), adjective from διαγιγνώσκω (diagignṓskō, “

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

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Forms

plural: diagnostics
Singulardiagnostic
Pluraldiagnostics

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relateddiagnostics

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
diacriticaldiagnosediagnosisdiagnosticsdiagonaldiagonally
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