| DIAGNOSIS | • diagnosis n. (Medicine) The identification of the nature and cause of an illness. • diagnosis n. The identification of the nature and cause of something (of any nature). • diagnosis n. (Taxonomy) A written description of a species or other taxon serving to distinguish that species from… |
| PARAGNOSIS | • paragnosis n. Knowledge which can only be gained through extraordinary or supernatural means. • PARAGNOSIS n. knowledge of matters immune to scientific investigation. |
| TOPAGNOSIS | • TOPAGNOSIS n. a symptom of disease of or damage to the brain in which a person cannot identify a part of the body that has been touched, also TOPAGNOSIA. |
| MISDIAGNOSIS | • misdiagnosis n. (Medicine, pathology) An incorrect diagnosis. • MISDIAGNOSIS n. a wrong diagnosis. |
| CYTODIAGNOSIS | • cytodiagnosis n. (Pathology) diagnosis by means of a study of the cells present in a sample. • CYTODIAGNOSIS n. medical diagnosis following the close examination of the cells of the body tissues or fluids, e.g. the smear test for cervical cancer. |
| OVERDIAGNOSIS | • overdiagnosis n. (Medicine) To diagnose something too frequently, or based on insufficient evidence, or without benefit to the patient. • OVERDIAGNOSIS n. excessive diagnosis. |
| SERODIAGNOSIS | • serodiagnosis n. (Medicine) A diagnosis based on a reaction of a patient’s blood serum. • SERODIAGNOSIS n. diagnosis using blood serum reactions. |
| XENODIAGNOSIS | • xenodiagnosis n. (Medicine) diagnosis of an infectious disease (especially of trypanosomiasis) by exposure to a vector… • XENODIAGNOSIS n. the detection of a parasite (as of humans) by feeding a suitable intermediate host (as an insect) on supposedly infected material (as blood) and later examining the host for the parasite. |
| UNDERDIAGNOSIS | • underdiagnosis n. (Medicine) The failure to diagnose a condition in a significant proportion of patients. |
| IMMUNODIAGNOSIS | • immunodiagnosis n. (Medicine) diagnosis using immunodiagnostics; serodiagnosis. • IMMUNODIAGNOSIS n. a diagnosis relating to immunology. |