Hypertext Webster Gateway: "diagnostic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Diagnostic \Di`ag*nos"tic\, a. [Gr. ? able to distinguish, fr.
?: cf. F. diagnostique.]
Pertaining to, or furnishing, a diagnosis; indicating the
nature of a disease.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Diagnostic \Di`ag*nos"tic\, n.
The mark or symptom by which one disease is known or
distinguished from others.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
diagnostic
adj 1: concerned with diagnosis; used for furthering diagnosis; "a
diagnostic clinic"; "a diagnostic reading test";
"diagnostic information"
2: characteristic or indicative of e.g. a disease; "a
diagnostic sign of yellow fever"; "diagnostic
information"; "a rash symptomatic of scarlet fever";
"symptomatic of insanity"; "a rise in crime symptomatic of
social breakdown" [syn: {symptomatic}, {symptomatic of(p)}]
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