Diagnostic
adjective
Used to identify a certain condition or disease.
The patient's diagnostic test results came back positive for diabetes.
Often appears as...
- diagnostic test
- diagnostic procedure
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Technical
adjective
Used to explain or understand something.
The diagnostic report provided a clear understanding of the company's financial situation.
Often appears as...
- diagnostic report
- diagnostic analysis
noun
A sign or symptom that helps identify a condition or disease.
Persistent cough is one diagnostic of lung disease.
Often appears as...
- cough is a diagnostic
- fever is a diagnostic
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Technical
noun
A test or examination to identify a person's condition or disease.
The doctor scheduled a diagnostic for tomorrow morning.
Often appears as...
- schedule a diagnostic
- perform a diagnostic
adjective
Used to identify a certain condition or disease.
The patient's diagnostic test results came back positive for diabetes.
Often appears as...
- diagnostic test
- diagnostic procedure
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Used to explain or understand something.
The diagnostic report provided a clear understanding of the company's financial situation.
Often appears as...
- diagnostic report
- diagnostic analysis
noun
A sign or symptom that helps identify a condition or disease.
Persistent cough is one diagnostic of lung disease.
Often appears as...
- cough is a diagnostic
- fever is a diagnostic
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A test or examination to identify a person's condition or disease.
The doctor scheduled a diagnostic for tomorrow morning.
Often appears as...
- schedule a diagnostic
- perform a diagnostic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Context
Used mainly in healthcare to refer to identifying diseases.
Her diagnostic procedure confirmed the type of infection.
Pro Tip 2/3Precise Identification
Implies a precise detection, not a general check-up.
The diagnostic tool pinpointed the exact location of the fracture.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Illness
Can refer to any condition, not just illnesses, like pregnancy.
A pregnancy test is a diagnostic test too.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Context
Used mainly in healthcare to refer to identifying diseases.
Her diagnostic procedure confirmed the type of infection.
Pro Tip 2/3Precise Identification
Implies a precise detection, not a general check-up.
The diagnostic tool pinpointed the exact location of the fracture.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Illness
Can refer to any condition, not just illnesses, like pregnancy.
A pregnancy test is a diagnostic test too.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Context
Used mainly in healthcare to refer to identifying diseases.
Her diagnostic procedure confirmed the type of infection.
Pro Tip 2/3Precise Identification
Implies a precise detection, not a general check-up.
The diagnostic tool pinpointed the exact location of the fracture.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Illness
Can refer to any condition, not just illnesses, like pregnancy.
A pregnancy test is a diagnostic test too.
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What the world can learn...
But that's really important. Being able to get people with mild symptoms out of the major hospital systems, so that they're not taking up the resources of nurses and doctors, they are not taking up the diagnostic equipment for the second confirmation tests, and also, especially, they are not taking up isolation wards
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Laurie Garrett: What can...
in your children, doing such a thing. Audience How far along are we in being able to determine whether someone is actually carrying, whether somebody has this before the symptoms are full-blown? Right. So I have for a long time said that what we really needed was a rapid diagnostic.
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Debunking the myths of...
which tend to be time consuming and interfere with work, school or social life to the point of causing significant distress. This set of diagnostic criteria is what separates people suffering from OCD from those who may just be a bit more meticulous or hygiene obsessed than usual.
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Safari Live - Day 276 PIPE...
unfortunately is not helping things at all at the moment it's really not kind of playing the game is stay exactly the way it is but what I can tell you is that it definitely has a very yellow eye and a black beak which is the right kind of diagnostic features for that kind of
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Should you trust your...
So, unfortunately for our new friend from the football game, his bad behavior at the game might outweigh his good behavior at the park. Research suggests that this bias occurs because immoral behaviors are more diagnostic, or revealing, of a person's true character.
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Learning from smallpox:...
Secondly, individuals infected with smallpox displayed a characteristic rash, making them easy to identify, even without a lab test. The lack of such practical diagnostic tools for diseases with non-specific symptoms, or that have long incubation periods,
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Bill Gates: Teachers...
had far better student outcomes. So it tells us we're asking the right questions. And second, teachers in the program told us that these videos and these surveys from the students were very helpful diagnostic tools, because they pointed to specific places
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Kathryn Schulz: Don't...
is actually one of the diagnostic characteristics of sociopaths. It's also, by the way, a characteristic of certain kinds of brain damage. So people who have damage to their orbital frontal cortex seem to be unable to feel regret
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The era of higher ideals...
life and set up his practice well I love returning to my hometown and running into his patients in fact they seek you out they burst with energy about this guy they can't wait to tell you about his diagnostic abilities about
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How to escape...
on not teaching and learning, but testing. Now, testing is important. Standardized tests have a place. But they should not be the dominant culture of education. They should be diagnostic. They should help.
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What the world can learn...
But that's really important. Being able to get people with mild symptoms out of the major hospital systems, so that they're not taking up the resources of nurses and doctors, they are not taking up the diagnostic equipment for the second confirmation tests, and also, especially, they are not taking up isolation wards
Video examples
Laurie Garrett: What can...
in your children, doing such a thing. Audience How far along are we in being able to determine whether someone is actually carrying, whether somebody has this before the symptoms are full-blown? Right. So I have for a long time said that what we really needed was a rapid diagnostic.
Video examples
Debunking the myths of...
which tend to be time consuming and interfere with work, school or social life to the point of causing significant distress. This set of diagnostic criteria is what separates people suffering from OCD from those who may just be a bit more meticulous or hygiene obsessed than usual.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 276 PIPE...
unfortunately is not helping things at all at the moment it's really not kind of playing the game is stay exactly the way it is but what I can tell you is that it definitely has a very yellow eye and a black beak which is the right kind of diagnostic features for that kind of
Video examples
Should you trust your...
So, unfortunately for our new friend from the football game, his bad behavior at the game might outweigh his good behavior at the park. Research suggests that this bias occurs because immoral behaviors are more diagnostic, or revealing, of a person's true character.
Video examples
Learning from smallpox:...
Secondly, individuals infected with smallpox displayed a characteristic rash, making them easy to identify, even without a lab test. The lack of such practical diagnostic tools for diseases with non-specific symptoms, or that have long incubation periods,
Video examples
Bill Gates: Teachers...
had far better student outcomes. So it tells us we're asking the right questions. And second, teachers in the program told us that these videos and these surveys from the students were very helpful diagnostic tools, because they pointed to specific places
Video examples
Kathryn Schulz: Don't...
is actually one of the diagnostic characteristics of sociopaths. It's also, by the way, a characteristic of certain kinds of brain damage. So people who have damage to their orbital frontal cortex seem to be unable to feel regret
Video examples
The era of higher ideals...
life and set up his practice well I love returning to my hometown and running into his patients in fact they seek you out they burst with energy about this guy they can't wait to tell you about his diagnostic abilities about
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How to escape...
on not teaching and learning, but testing. Now, testing is important. Standardized tests have a place. But they should not be the dominant culture of education. They should be diagnostic. They should help.
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Muhammad Yunus
Economist
Health care can be made more affordable for the poor without requiring major new scientific developments, just the smart application of current technologies. We have seen a $25 incubator and diagnostic instruments that are built tough, cheap, and reusable for the developing world.
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John T. Chambers
American Businessman
People who might normally have to travel hours to a distant city to see a cardiologist can now do so virtually, through Cisco technology, at their local hospital or health clinic. Clinicians use technology to share patient reports and diagnostic images and collaborate on cases.
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Mary Roach
American Author
I could have had a session of defecography, which is a diagnostic test in which X-rays are taken to assess anatomical problems occurring during the process of defecation. I gave it the briefest of thoughts before recognizing that this is beyond the pale - even for me.
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Aditi Shankardass
British Scientist
Far too often, children with developmental disorders are diagnosed solely on the basis of their observable behavior, slotted into broad diagnostic pigeonholes and provided generalized treatments that may not always meet their specific needs.
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Yael Cohen
South African Activist
The first step is really getting our generation to talk to our parents about cancer. Because our research has shown that parents are much more likely to get that diagnostic test or stay on top of their risk profile if it comes from a child.
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Sherwin B. Nuland
American Scientist
Once the notion of depression had begun to dominate the diagnostic armamentarium, it became but a matter of time before patients with relatively mild disorders of mood or anxiety would be entered into it.
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Yolanda Hadid
American Model
I will continue to pave the way and share my health journey with the world until I find a cure and proper diagnostic testing for this silent killer called Lyme disease.
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George M. Church
American Scientist
Most groups patent ways of using genetic discoveries as part of non-obvious diagnostic and therapeutic protocols and slightly or greatly altered genes.
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Siri Hustvedt
American Novelist
I am not a physician, but I am deeply interested in diagnostic categories and have read extensively in the history of the subject.
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Scarlett Johansson
American Actress
I would have loved to have gone into diagnostic medicine.
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Muhammad Yunus
Economist
Health care can be made more affordable for the poor without requiring major new scientific developments, just the smart application of current technologies. We have seen a $25 incubator and diagnostic instruments that are built tough, cheap, and reusable for the developing world.
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John T. Chambers
American Businessman
People who might normally have to travel hours to a distant city to see a cardiologist can now do so virtually, through Cisco technology, at their local hospital or health clinic. Clinicians use technology to share patient reports and diagnostic images and collaborate on cases.
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Mary Roach
American Author
I could have had a session of defecography, which is a diagnostic test in which X-rays are taken to assess anatomical problems occurring during the process of defecation. I gave it the briefest of thoughts before recognizing that this is beyond the pale - even for me.
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Aditi Shankardass
British Scientist
Far too often, children with developmental disorders are diagnosed solely on the basis of their observable behavior, slotted into broad diagnostic pigeonholes and provided generalized treatments that may not always meet their specific needs.
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Yael Cohen
South African Activist
The first step is really getting our generation to talk to our parents about cancer. Because our research has shown that parents are much more likely to get that diagnostic test or stay on top of their risk profile if it comes from a child.
Quote examples
Sherwin B. Nuland
American Scientist
Once the notion of depression had begun to dominate the diagnostic armamentarium, it became but a matter of time before patients with relatively mild disorders of mood or anxiety would be entered into it.
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Yolanda Hadid
American Model
I will continue to pave the way and share my health journey with the world until I find a cure and proper diagnostic testing for this silent killer called Lyme disease.
Quote examples
George M. Church
American Scientist
Most groups patent ways of using genetic discoveries as part of non-obvious diagnostic and therapeutic protocols and slightly or greatly altered genes.
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Siri Hustvedt
American Novelist
I am not a physician, but I am deeply interested in diagnostic categories and have read extensively in the history of the subject.
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Scarlett Johansson
American Actress
I would have loved to have gone into diagnostic medicine.
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