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diagnostic

Pronunciation: /daɪ.əɡˈnɒs.tɪk/

The English word “diagnostic” has 8 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Of, or relating to diagnosis.
  2. Characteristic of a particular disease.
  3. Serving to indicate or specify a particular item or thing within a group of similar things.
  4. Intended to assess a student's preexisting knowledge on the material being taught.
  5. Characteristic of a particular taxon or clade.

noun

  1. Any technique used in medical diagnosis.
  2. Any tool or technique used to find the root of a problem.
  3. That by which anything is known; a symptom.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek διαγνωστικός (diagnōstikós), adjective from διαγιγνώσκω (diagignṓskō, “to distinguish, diagnose”).

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