English Online Dictionary. What means diagnosis? What does diagnosis mean?
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)
- (medicine, countable, uncountable) The process of, or an instance of, identification of the nature and cause of an illness.
- The process of, or an instance of, identification of the nature and cause of something (of any nature).
- (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
- (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)
- diagnosis:
- (medicine) The identification of the nature and cause of an illness.
- 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)
- diagnosis
Further reading
- “diagnosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014