Taber's Medical Dictionary
diagnosis
(dī″ăg-nō′sĭs)
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pl. diagnoses [Gr. diagnōsis, discernment]
ABBR: dx
1. Expert identification of a disease or syndrome a person has or is believed to have.
2. The use of scientific or clinical methods to establish the cause and nature of a person's illness or injury and the functional impairment it produces. The diagnosis forms the basis for patient care.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Diagnosis." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/769123/all/diagnosis.
Diagnosis. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/769123/all/diagnosis. Accessed December 10, 2023.
Diagnosis. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/769123/all/diagnosis
Diagnosis [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2023 December 10]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/769123/all/diagnosis.
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