diagnostician

noun
/ˌdaɪəɡnɒˈstɪʃən/UK

Etymology

From diagnosis + -ician.

  1. derived from διάγνωσις
  2. derived from diagnōsis
  3. formed as diagnostician — “diagnosis + -ician

Definitions

  1. A person who diagnoses, especially a medical doctor.

    • Dr Smith was many things — a mentor, a friend, a helpful colleague — but his highest calling may have been as a diagnostician, in which role he undoubtedly saved lives by breaking a logjam in many a challenging differential diagnosis.
    • Dr. Robert Leroy Hutton, a retired specialist in internal medicine and a well‐known diagnostician, died yesterday here.

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