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diagnostic

adj
/daɪ.əɡˈnɒs.tɪk/UK/ˌdaɪ.əɡˈnɑ.stɪk/US/ˌdaɪ.əɡˈnɒs.tɪk/CA/dɑe.əɡˈnɔs.tɪk/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider. Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō Ancient Greek γῐγνώσκω (gĭgnṓskō) Ancient Greek δῐαγῐγνώσκω (dĭagĭgnṓskō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́γνωσῐς (dĭắgnōsĭs) ▲ Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) ▲ Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tisder. Ancient Greek γνῶσῐς (gnôsĭs) ▲ Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek γνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós) Ancient Greek δῐαγνωστῐκός (dĭagnōstĭkós)bor. English diagnostic From Ancient Greek διαγνωστικός (diagnōstikós), adjective from διαγιγνώσκω (diagignṓskō, “to distinguish, diagnose”).

  1. borrowed from διαγνωστικός

Definitions

  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…

    Serving to indicate or specify a particular item or thing within a group of similar things.

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. Intended to assess a student's preexisting knowledge on the material being taught.

      • A diagnostic assessment

    2. Characteristic of a particular taxon or clade.

    3. Any technique used in medical diagnosis.

    4. Any tool or technique used to find the root of a problem.

    5. That by which anything is known

      That by which anything is known; a symptom.

The neighborhood

Derived

adiagnostic, autodiagnostic, biodiagnostic, clinicodiagnostic, coprodiagnostic, cytodiagnostic, diagnostically, diagnosticate, diagnosticity, diagnostic overshadowing, electrodiagnostic, eudiagnostic, histodiagnostic, immunodiagnostic, intradiagnostic, iridodiagnostic, misdiagnostic, multidiagnostic, nanodiagnostic, neurodiagnostic, nondiagnostic, phytodiagnostic, postdiagnostic, prediagnostic, psychodiagnostic, self-diagnostic, serodiagnostic, subdiagnostic, telediagnostic, transdiagnostic, undiagnostic, xenodiagnostic

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No curated loop yet for diagnostic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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