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Definition of diagnosis:
- Critical perception or scrutiny; judgment based on such scrutiny; esp., perception of, or judgment concerning, motives and character.
- Scientific determination of any kind; the concise description of characterization of a species.
- The art or act of recognizing the presence of disease from its signs or symptoms, and deciding as to its character; also, the decision arrived at.
Synonyms:
examination, judgment, diagnosing, investigation, determination.
Usage examples:
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I read up morphine poisoning and was only further confirmed in the belief that my diagnosis was correct; which would have been more satisfactory if the circumstances had been different.
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And the Baron read the smile according to his own diagnosis.
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The great surgeon, arriving from town at midnight, confirmed his diagnosis: there was undoubted injury to the spine.