diagnosis

diagnosis

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English

Etymology

From Latin diagnōsis, from Ancient Greek διάγνωσις (diágnōsis), from διαγιγνώσκω (diagignṓskō, to discern), from διά (diá, through) + γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, to know).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daɪəɡˈnəʊsɪs/
  • Rhymes: -əʊsɪs

Noun

diagnosis (countable and uncountable, plural diagnoses)

  1. (medicine, countable, uncountable) The process of, or an instance of, identification of the nature and cause of an illness.
  2. The process of, or an instance of, identification of the nature and cause of something (of any nature).
  3. (taxonomy) A written description of a species or other taxon serving to distinguish that species from all others; especially a description written and published in Latin.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • diagnose
  • diagnostic
  • diagnostics

Translations

Verb

diagnosis

  1. (nonstandard, proscribed, rare) Synonym of diagnose

Further reading

  • “diagnosis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “diagnosis”, in The Century Dictionary [], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “diagnosis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin diagnōsis, from Ancient Greek διάγνωσις (diágnōsis), from διαγιγνώσκω (diagignṓskō, to discern), from διά (diá, through) + γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, to know). Doublet of diagnosa and diagnose.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [diaɡˈnosɪs]
  • Hyphenation: di‧ag‧no‧sis

Noun

diagnosis (plural diagnosis-diagnosis, first-person possessive diagnosisku, second-person possessive diagnosismu, third-person possessive diagnosisnya)

  1. diagnosis:
    1. (medicine) The identification of the nature and cause of an illness.
    2. The identification of the nature and cause of something (of any nature).

Alternative forms

  • diagnosa
  • diagnose

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “diagnosis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /djaɡˈnosis/ [d̪jaɣ̞ˈno.sis]
  • Rhymes: -osis
  • Syllabification: diag‧no‧sis

Noun

diagnosis f (plural diagnosis)

  1. diagnosis

Further reading

  • “diagnosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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