diagnosis
Doctor's official determination
Diagnosis is the identification of a disease, condition, or problem based on examination of symptoms or evidence.
A doctor makes a diagnosis after reviewing test results and patient history: The diagnosis was diabetes.
The term extends beyond medicine to any systematic identification of what's wrong: His diagnosis of the company's problems proved accurate.
To receive a diagnosis is often a turning point—clarifying uncertainty but also confirming fears.
Indicators of disease
- diseaseDisorder impairing normal function
- conditionState or stipulation
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- patientAble to wait calmly
doctor · clinical · differential · pathology · screening · biopsy · evaluation · assessment
Subjective personal belief
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- interpretationAssigned meaning
- determinationFirmness of purpose
finding · verdict · impression · evaluation · inference · hypothesis · speculation · conjecture
Facility for scientific investigation
- imagingProducing visual representations
- MRIMagnetic body imaging
- ultrasoundInaudible high-frequency waves
- biopsyTissue sample for diagnosis
screening · histology · cytology · biomarkers · urinalysis · mammogram · colonoscopy · EKG
symptoms
Indicators of disease
patient · doctor · clinical · differential · pathology · screening · biopsy · evaluation · assessment · chronic
opinion
Subjective personal belief
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- interpretationAssigned meaning
determination · finding · verdict · impression · evaluation · inference · hypothesis · speculation · conjecture · expert
laboratory
Facility for scientific investigation
- imagingProducing visual representations
- MRIMagnetic body imaging
- ultrasoundInaudible high-frequency waves
biopsy · screening · histology · cytology · biomarkers · urinalysis · mammogram · colonoscopy · EKG · bloodwork
- healthhealth, wellness, vitality, fitness, well-being
- analysisanalyze, analysis, evaluate, data analysis, examine
- medical caresurgery, examination, injection, prescription, medication
- mental healthpsychiatry, psychotherapy, mental illness, psychiatrist, therapist
- psychologypsychology, psychologist, therapist, psychiatrist, clinical psychology
- examinationsexam, examination, checkup, reexamination, recheck
diagnosisguess
Estimate without certainty
conjecture · speculation · hunch · wild guess · shot in the dark
diagnosistreatment
Care for an ailment
therapy · cure · remedy · intervention · prognosis
diagnosisprognosis
Predicted disease course
synthesis · solution · prediction · resolution · forecast
- terminal diagnosisIllness expected to kill
- cancer diagnosisIdentification of malignant disease
- medical diagnosisIdentification of disease
- early diagnosisIdentifying conditions before progression
- diagnostic servicesAssessments to identify conditions
- diagnostic assessmentTesting to identify problems
diagnose, diagnostic, diagnosed, diagnosing, diagnoses, undiagnosed, diagnostics, misdiagnosis, misdiagnose