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Pertaining to or emanating from the making of a diagnosis.

• d. codes — alphanumeric codes used to identify diagnoses for the purposes of computer storage. The codes can be entirely alphabetical, and therefore much more user-friendly, but the number of diagnoses that the system can hold is limited. Completely numeric code systems offer limitless volumetric capacity, a disadvantage in a working hospital.
• d. data — data with finite values as opposed to continuous data, e.g. the number of puppies born per litter.
• d. disciplines — the disciplines applied to the making of diagnoses. Includes clinical medicine, surgery and reproduction and also epidemiology, pathology, microbiology, parasitology and toxicology.
• d. hypotheses — preliminary list of potential diagnoses.
• d. kits — commercially available tests used in the diagnosis of disease. Most are intended for biochemical estimation or the qualitative detection of antigen or antibody. Many are based on an ELISA.
• d. laboratory, veterinary d. laboratory — present in most countries to provide veterinary laboratory diagnostic services, particularly with respect to regulatory diseases but, in almost all cases, also for laboratory diagnostic support for any animal disease. Most are supported, in part, by state or national funding but most also need to charge a fee for diagnostic services. In the US, accreditation is through the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD). Regional veterinary diagnostic laboratories are established to serve the needs of farms in their proximity
• d. plan — in problem-oriented diagnosis, the systematic outline of procedures and tests to be undertaken in making a diagnosis.
• d. points — in acupuncture terminology include association points (back Shu points and alarm points, front Mu points).
• d. test — tests likely to provide information which aids in the making of a diagnosis.
• d. trail — a standard procedure for making a clinical and laboratory examination so that nothing is omitted and so that the procedure can be checked or repeated.

For a list of words related to diagnostic, see:

• Software, Languages, and Programming - diagnostic: program used to find source of errors or malfunctions

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See words rhyming with "diagnostic."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - diagnostisk, diagnose-
n. - symptom

Nederlands (Dutch)
diagnostisch, kenmerkend voor, symptoom, (mv) diagnostiek (computer/ geneeskunde)

Français (French)
adj. - diagnostique
n. - diagnostique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - diagnostisch, charakteristisch
n. - (Med.) Diagnose

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - διαγνωστικός

Italiano (Italian)
diagnostico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - diagnóstico

Русский (Russian)
диагностический

Español (Spanish)
adj. - usado en un diagnosis, caracterización
n. - diagnóstico, síntoma de diagnosis, substancia que se usa para el análisis, mensaje de error

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - diagnostisk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
诊断的, 特征的, 诊断上有价值的, 诊断, 诊断法, 病的征候

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 診斷的, 特徵的, 診斷上有價值的
n. - 診斷, 診斷法, 病的徵候

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 진단상의, 특수한
n. - 특징

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 診断の, 診断に役立つ, 症状を示す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) تشخيصي, ذو علاقه أو يستخدم للتشخيص‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮אבחנתי‬
n. - ‮תסמין‬

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