diagnostic
/daɪ.əɡˈnɒs.tɪk/US/ˌdaɪ.əɡˈnɑ.stɪk/
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diagnostic adjective: of, or relating to diagnosis.
Adjective
diagnostic (comparative more diagnostic, superlative most diagnostic)
- Of, or relating to diagnosis.
- Characteristic of a particular disease.
- Serving to indicate or specify a particular item or thing within a group of similar things.
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- Intended to assess a student's preexisting knowledge on the material being taught.
- A diagnostic assessment
- Characteristic of a particular taxon or clade.
Noun
diagnostic (plural diagnostics)
diagnostic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
diagnostic in Hindi
- of, or relating to diagnosis
- नैदानिक naidānik
diagnostic in Tamil
- அறுதியீட்டு, ஊடுஞானம், நோயியல்பு
diagnostic in Urdu
- ممتاز
diagnostic in Bengali
- লক্ষণ, বৈশিষ্ট্যসূচক
Examples of diagnostic in a sentence
- A diagnostic workup with endoscopy found punched-out lesions in the stomach.
- Diagnostics is the area in which this molecule is most useful, whereas it is not a treatment target in itself.
- The diagnostics were extensive, with scores of laboratory tests.
Forms of diagnostic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more diagnostic |
| superlative | most diagnostic |
| alternative form (obsolete) | diagnostick |
| Noun | |
| plural | diagnostics |
Origin of diagnostic
From Ancient Greek διαγνωστικός (diagnōstikós), adjective from διαγιγνώσκω (diagignṓskō, “to distinguish, diagnose”).
Words formed from diagnostic
- adiagnostic
- autodiagnostic
- biodiagnostic
- clinicodiagnostic
- coprodiagnostic
- cytodiagnostic
- diagnostically
- diagnosticate
- diagnosticity
- diagnostic overshadowing
- electrodiagnostic
- eudiagnostic
- histodiagnostic
- immunodiagnostic
- intradiagnostic
- iridodiagnostic
- misdiagnostic
- multidiagnostic
- nanodiagnostic
- neurodiagnostic
- nondiagnostic
- phytodiagnostic
- postdiagnostic
- prediagnostic
- psychodiagnostic
- self-diagnostic
- serodiagnostic
- subdiagnostic
- telediagnostic
- transdiagnostic
- undiagnostic
- xenodiagnostic
Phrases with diagnostic
Questions about diagnostic
- What does diagnostic mean?
- Diagnostic means of, or relating to diagnosis.
- What is diagnostic in Hindi?
- Diagnostic in Hindi is नैदानिक (naidānik). See Diagnostic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is diagnostic?
- Diagnostic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce diagnostic?
- Diagnostic is pronounced /daɪ.əɡˈnɒs.tɪk/ (UK).
Words near diagnostic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: diagnostic (page history and authors); diagnostic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); diagnostic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); diagnostic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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