medical diagnosis
Doctor's official verdict
Medical diagnosis is the identification of a disease or condition based on symptoms, examination, and test results.
A doctor arrives at a diagnosis by gathering evidence and ruling out alternatives: The medical diagnosis was lupus, though it took months to confirm.
The term distinguishes clinical findings from self-assessment or speculation.
- physical examinationMedical evaluation of body
- bedside mannerPhysician's interpersonal approach
- comorbiditiesCoexisting medical disorders
- laboratory testingScientific examination of specimens
- blood workMedical fluid analysis
family history · pathology · ruling out · biopsy · symptomatology · second opinion · second look · clinical guidelines · doctor's orders · biomarkers · radiology · etiology · oncology · urgent care · anamnesis · CT scanner · psychiatry · referral
- judgment callsjudgment, verdict, ruling, determination, close call
- knowledge workwriting, research, teaching, analysis, editing
- hearsayrumor, gossip, hearsay, whisper, buzz
- eye trackingeye tracker, eye tracking, eye movement, fixation, fixations
medical diagnosiswild guess
Uninformed speculation attempt
shot in the dark · guesswork · blind guess · random guess · hunch
medical, diagnosis, medic, diagnose, prognosis, diagnostic, diagnosed, diagnosing, prognosticate