Diagnosis (disambiguation)
Diagnosis ( ancient Greek διάγνωσις diágnosis 'distinction, decision'; from διά- diá- ' through- ' and γνώσις gnósis 'knowledge, judgment') describes the evaluation of information about a fact and the assignment of phenomena and features to a category of a classification system.
In detail, diagnosis stands for:
- Diagnosis (biology) , the definition of a biological taxon, especially a genus or species
- Diagnosis (medicine), the assignment of a specific symptom to a syndrome or illness
- On-board diagnosis , applied error reporting systems in automotive engineering
- Nursing diagnosis , the assignment and description of nursing-related aspects
See also:
Wiktionary: Diagnosis - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations