diagnostics

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D0194200 (dī′əg-nŏs′tĭk)adj.1. Of, relating to, or used in a diagnosis.2. Serving to identify a particular disease; characteristic.n.1. often diagnostics(used with a sing. verb) The art or practice of medical diagnosis.2. A symptom or a distinguishing feature serving as supporting evidence in a diagnosis.3. An instrument or technique used in medical diagnosis.

[Greek diagnōstikos, able to distinguish, from diagnōstos, distinguished, from diagignōskein, to distinguish; see diagnosis.]

di′ag·nos′ti·cal·ly adv.

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(ˌdaɪəɡˈnɒstɪks) n (Medicine) (functioning as singular) the art or practice of diagnosis, esp of diseases

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n. (used with a sing. v.) the discipline or practice of diagnosis. [1660–70]

diagnostics

the branch of medical science that deals with diagnosis.See also: Medical Specialties

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diagnostics - the branch of medical science dealing with the classification of diseasenosologymedical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques

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Diagnoseдиагностика

diagnostics

[‚dī·əg′näs·tiks] (engineering) Information on what tests a device has failed and how they were failed; used to aid in troubleshooting.

diagnostics

(1) Software routines that test hardware components (memory, keyboard, disks, etc.). Diagnostics are often stored in ROM chips and activated on startup.

(2) Error messages in a programmer's source code that refer to statements or syntax that the compiler or assembler cannot understand.

diagnostics

[di″ag-nos´tiks] the science and practice of diagnosis of disease.

diagnostics

(di?ag-nos'tiks) [ diagnos(is) + -ics] The science, art, or practice of diagnosis.

companion diagnostics

Laboratory tests and test kits used to determine the suitability of patients for tailored or targeted forms of therapy, e.g., therapies that act on unique biochemical pathways or that require specific genotypes or mutations.

molecular diagnostics

Molecular pathology (2).

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noun the branch of medical science dealing with the classification of disease

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