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.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “diagnosis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “diagnosis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• diagnosa (proscribed)
• diagnose (proscribed, rare)

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

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /diaɡˈnosis/ [di.ak̚ˈno.sɪs]
• Rhymes: -osis
• Syllabification: di‧ag‧no‧sis

Noun

diagnosis (plural diagnosis-diagnosis)

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)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

Verb

diagnosis

1. imperative/informal of mendiagnosis

Further reading

• “diagnosis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10