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clinical diagnosis

clinical diagnosis noun: the estimated identification of the disease underlying a patient's complaints based merely on signs, symptoms and medical history of the patient rather than on laboratory examination or medical imaging.

Noun

clinical diagnosis (countable and uncountable, plural clinical diagnoses)

  1. The estimated identification of the disease underlying a patient's complaints based merely on signs, symptoms and medical history of the patient rather than on laboratory examination or medical imaging.

Forms of clinical diagnosis

pluralclinical diagnoses

Questions about clinical diagnosis

What does clinical diagnosis mean?
Clinical diagnosis means the estimated identification of the disease underlying a patient's complaints based merely on signs, symptoms and medical history of the patient rather than on laboratory examination or medical imaging.
What part of speech is clinical diagnosis?
Clinical diagnosis is a noun.
What is the plural of clinical diagnosis?
The plural of clinical diagnosis is clinical diagnoses.

Words near clinical diagnosis in the dictionary

  1. clinical death
  2. clinical deaths
  3. clinical depression
  4. clinical depressions
  5. clinical diagnoses
  6. clinical diagnosis
  7. clinical equipoise
  8. clinical exam
  9. clinical examination
  10. clinical examinations
  11. clinical hypothermia

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