diagnosis

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The act of identifying a disease or medical condition, or the conclusion reached.

   After several tests, the doctors finally reached a diagnosis.

2. 2
   noun

   The act of identifying the nature or cause of a problem.

   A correct diagnosis of the company's troubles is the first step to fixing them.

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Simplified etymology

Diagnosis is a late-17th-century formation in modern Latin from Greek diagignōskein, “to distinguish or discern.” That verb combines dia, “apart,” with gignōskein, “to recognize or know.”

From Latin diagnōsis, from Ancient Greek διάγνωσις (diágnōsis), from διαγιγνώσκω (diagignṓskō, “to discern”), from διά (diá, “through”) + γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “to know”).

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