diagnosticadj.n.

/dʌɪəɡˈnɒstɪk/

Etymology: < Greek διαγνωστικός able to distinguish, ἡ διαγνωστική (sc . τέχνη ) the art of distinguishing diseases, < διαγιγνώσκειν : see diagnosis n. Compare French diagnostique (17th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter).

A. adj.

1. Of or pertaining to diagnosis.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > [adjective] > diagnostic

diagnostic1625

nosognomonic1656

semiological1839

autodiagnostic1903

xenodiagnostic1955

underdiagnosed1974

1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines i. i. 13 Physicke diagnosticke or semioticke..teacheth vs to know the nature..of the disease by the signes..of the same.

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 46 The Diagnostick and disease-discovering Part.

1775 E. Barry Observ. Wines Ancients 394 The diagnostic knowledge..of these symptoms.

1884 E. Sheppard in Law Times 4 Oct. 373/2 The judgment and diagnostic skill of the..medical practitioner.

2. Of value for purposes of diagnosis, discrimination, or identification; specifically characteristic, distinctive:

a. in Medicine.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [adjective] > characteristic or distinguishing

distinctive1583

physiognomical1588

specifical1621

specific1649

diagnostic1650

distinguishable1665

specific1667

physiognomonical1668

well-characterized1672

specifying1675

distinguishing1687

determinative1697

physiognomonic1755

marking1795

featurelya1834

typical1850

characterizing1870

trademark1943

society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > [adjective] > serving to identify

diagnostic1650

1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis i. 4 As to the signes Diagnostick, a vitious figure of the head is known by sight.

1737 H. Bracken Farriery Improved xxxvii. 521 The Diagnostic Signs of a Dog truly mad.

1885 Lancet 26 Sept. 562 The most important diagnostic signs of pleural effusion.

b. in Biology.

ΚΠ

1862 H. Holland Life & Organization in Ess. 79 The teeth..so important a diagnostic mark.

1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 124 The brief characters which..distinguish these species from each other are said to be diagnostic.

1875 F. T. Buckland Log-bk. Fisherman 244 Much has been said as to the tail being a diagnostic mark between the wild and tame cat.

c. gen.

ΚΠ

1669 Addr. Hopeful Young Gentry 17 Necessary aphorisms to regulate their own lives by, and be diagnostic of all others.

1803 Edinb. Rev. 1 256 (note) The self-reviewing philosophy would have been a term more diagnostic.

1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 Apr. 11/2 The Times cannot regard the Mid Lanark election as possessing any particular diagnostic value.

3. Computing. Of a program or sub-routine: designed to identify program errors or system faults and give information about them.

ΘΚΠ

society > computing and information technology > programming language > program or code > [adjective] > used in debugging

diagnostic1953

debugging1959

1950 W. W. Stifler High-speed Computing Devices (Engin. Res. Associates) xvii. 437 In the computer proposed by the Raytheon Company, self-checking and diagnostic equipment is provided throughout.]

1953 Proc. IRE 41 1320/1 We discuss the use of three types of diagnostic and servicing programs which enable us to use the computer to diagnose its own troubles.

1967 A. Battersby Network Anal. (ed. 2) viii. 140 Diagnostic routines are able to detect obvious errors in the input and print out comments on them— i think i have a loop is one.

1985 Sci. Amer. July 13/1 This program, which will run only in the graphics mode, is diagnostic.

B. n.sometimes in collective plural

diagnostics n.

1. = diagnosis n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > [noun] > diagnostics or proleptics

diagnostic1625

semiotics1670

semiology1839

proleptics1842

1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines i. ii. 13 Diagnosticke whose most common scope is to discerne..the sick and infirme from the whole.

1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 94 I fear the Doctor mistakes in his diagnosticks.

1753 N. Torriano tr. J. B. L. Chomel Hist. Diss. Gangrenous Sore Throat 10 From this Appearance of the Blood, no Diagnostic can be formed of the Disease.

1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 9 126 The disease, the diagnostic of which he found difficult to determine.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 530 Radcliffe..had raised himself to the first practice in London chiefly by his rare skill in diagnostics.

figurative.1769 E. Burke Observ. Late State Nation 27 The false diagnostic of our state physician.1876 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 2nd Ser. ii. 93 May be described as a system of religious diagnostics.

2. A distinctive symptom or characteristic, a specific trait:

a. in Medicine.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > [noun]

tokenc1000

distinctionc1374

differencea1398

signeta1425

knowledge?c1475

smell?a1505

markc1522

badge1529

note1583

impress1590

monument1590

type1595

stamp1600

pressure1604

mintage1612

criterion1613

impressa1628

differencer1633

lineament1638

mole1644

discrimination1646

tessera1647

diagnostic1651

monumental1657

discretive1660

signate1662

footmark1666

trait1752

memorandum1766

fingerprint1792

insignia1796

identifier1807

designative1824

cachet1840

differentiator1854

tanga1867

trademark1869

signature1873

totem1875

differential1883

earmarkings1888

paw print1894

discriminator1943

ident1952

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [noun] > a characteristic

privilegec1225

distinctionc1374

propertyc1390

tachea1400

pointa1425

specialty?a1425

difference?c1425

conditionc1460

markc1522

touch1528

specialty1532

differentia1551

character?1569

formality1570

particularity1585

peculiar1589

accent1591

appropriation1600

characterism1603

peculiarity1606

resemblance1622

propera1626

speciality1625

specificationa1631

appropriament1633

characteristic1646

discrimination1646

diagnostic1651

characteristical1660

stroke1666

talent1670

physiognomya1680

oddity1713

distinctive1816

spécialité1836

trait1864

flavour1866

middle name1905

discriminant1920

discriminator1943

1651 R. Wittie tr. J. Primrose Pop. Errours 225 That Physitian..having fully found out the diagnosticks, and prognosticks of a disease.

1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle II. lxi. 183 From these diagnostics [the physician] declared, that the liquidum nervosum was intimately affected.

1764 T. Reid Inq. Human Mind vi. §23. 194 An unusual appearance in the colour of familiar objects may be the diagnostic of a disease in the spectator.

1853 C. Reade Christie Johnstone 15 You have the maladies of idle minds, love, perhaps, among the rest; you blush, a diagnostic of that disorder.

b. Biology and gen.

ΚΠ

1646 S. Bolton Arraignment of Errour 144 What are the Diagnosticks or marks whereby we may..discern of errour from truth.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. lxxvii. 286 Oaths, and curses, the diagnostics of the rakish spirit.

1818 Blackwood's Mag. 2 404 The diagnostics (if so technical a term may be allowed) of his conduct, deportment, and conversation.

1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1828) IV. xlvii. 405 We cannot point out any certain diagnostic.

3. Computing. A message produced by a computer that helps a user to identify an error or malfunction. Also, a facility or routine for producing such a message. Usually in plural.

ΘΚΠ

society > computing and information technology > software > [noun] > operating environment > messages concerning errors

diagnostic1963

the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > ion > plasma or ionized gas > [noun] > study of

plasma physics1958

plasma dynamics1960

plasma diagnostics1961

diagnostic1963

1963 P. M. Sherman Programming & coding Digital Computers xix. 404 Following is a partial list of the comments (called diagnostics) provided by Fortran during a compilation.

1963 P. M. Sherman Programming & coding Digital Computers xix. 405 A number of these diagnostics would apply to any algebraic-language program.

1964 F. P. Fisher & G. F. Swindle Computer Programming Syst. i. i. 4 Programming systems..employ extensive error diagnostics, which check for and announce both clerical and logical errors.

1973 C. W. Gear Introd. Computer Sci. iv. 160 If the programmer attempts to assign a value of B(I) in an assignment statement, the compiler will detect an error at the time it translates that statement and produce a diagnostic that says something about incorrect usage of functions.

1985 Computing Equipm. Sept. 27/3 (advt.) Operation of the network is completely automatic and supported by full diagnostics.

Draft additions 1993

3. Physics. A method or technique used in plasma diagnostics; in collective plural = plasma diagnostics n. at plasma n. Compounds 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > ion > plasma or ionized gas > [noun] > study of > technique or method

diagnostic1962

1962 Jrnl. Appl. Physics 33 2868 Errors in the microwave diagnostics of plasmas were investigated with the use of dielectric and conducting models.

1965 R. H. Huddlestone in Huddlestone & Leonard Plasma Diagnostic Techniques i. 6 Chapter 10 ‘Optical Interferometry’, treats space- and time-resolved interferometry and its applications to diagnostics of plasmas with electron concentrations greater than a few times 10¹⁴ electrons per cm³.

1979 Nature 14 June 626/1 The ion temperature deduced by the magnitude of the neutron emission has been consistent with other PLT ion temperature diagnostic [s] such as charge exchange spectral observations.

1979 Nature 22 Nov. 366/1 It will now be possible to study this quiescence phase in detail with modern diagnostics and hence to assess the potential of the reversed field system.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	diagnostic
释义	diagnosticadj.n. /dʌɪəɡˈnɒstɪk/ Etymology: < Greek διαγνωστικός able to distinguish, ἡ διαγνωστική (sc . τέχνη ) the art of distinguishing diseases, < διαγιγνώσκειν : see diagnosis n. Compare French diagnostique (17th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter). A. adj. 1. Of or pertaining to diagnosis. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > [adjective] > diagnostic diagnostic1625 nosognomonic1656 semiological1839 autodiagnostic1903 xenodiagnostic1955 underdiagnosed1974 1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines i. i. 13 Physicke diagnosticke or semioticke..teacheth vs to know the nature..of the disease by the signes..of the same. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 46 The Diagnostick and disease-discovering Part. 1775 E. Barry Observ. Wines Ancients 394 The diagnostic knowledge..of these symptoms. 1884 E. Sheppard in Law Times 4 Oct. 373/2 The judgment and diagnostic skill of the..medical practitioner. 2. Of value for purposes of diagnosis, discrimination, or identification; specifically characteristic, distinctive: a. in Medicine. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [adjective] > characteristic or distinguishing distinctive1583 physiognomical1588 specifical1621 specific1649 diagnostic1650 distinguishable1665 specific1667 physiognomonical1668 well-characterized1672 specifying1675 distinguishing1687 determinative1697 physiognomonic1755 marking1795 featurelya1834 typical1850 characterizing1870 trademark1943 society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > [adjective] > serving to identify diagnostic1650 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis i. 4 As to the signes Diagnostick, a vitious figure of the head is known by sight. 1737 H. Bracken Farriery Improved xxxvii. 521 The Diagnostic Signs of a Dog truly mad. 1885 Lancet 26 Sept. 562 The most important diagnostic signs of pleural effusion. b. in Biology. ΚΠ 1862 H. Holland Life & Organization in Ess. 79 The teeth..so important a diagnostic mark. 1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 124 The brief characters which..distinguish these species from each other are said to be diagnostic. 1875 F. T. Buckland Log-bk. Fisherman 244 Much has been said as to the tail being a diagnostic mark between the wild and tame cat. c. gen. ΚΠ 1669 Addr. Hopeful Young Gentry 17 Necessary aphorisms to regulate their own lives by, and be diagnostic of all others. 1803 Edinb. Rev. 1 256 (note) The self-reviewing philosophy would have been a term more diagnostic. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 Apr. 11/2 The Times cannot regard the Mid Lanark election as possessing any particular diagnostic value. 3. Computing. Of a program or sub-routine: designed to identify program errors or system faults and give information about them. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > programming language > program or code > [adjective] > used in debugging diagnostic1953 debugging1959 1950 W. W. Stifler High-speed Computing Devices (Engin. Res. Associates) xvii. 437 In the computer proposed by the Raytheon Company, self-checking and diagnostic equipment is provided throughout.] 1953 Proc. IRE 41 1320/1 We discuss the use of three types of diagnostic and servicing programs which enable us to use the computer to diagnose its own troubles. 1967 A. Battersby Network Anal. (ed. 2) viii. 140 Diagnostic routines are able to detect obvious errors in the input and print out comments on them— i think i have a loop is one. 1985 Sci. Amer. July 13/1 This program, which will run only in the graphics mode, is diagnostic. B. n.sometimes in collective plural diagnostics n. 1. = diagnosis n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > [noun] > diagnostics or proleptics diagnostic1625 semiotics1670 semiology1839 proleptics1842 1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines i. ii. 13 Diagnosticke whose most common scope is to discerne..the sick and infirme from the whole. 1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 94 I fear the Doctor mistakes in his diagnosticks. 1753 N. Torriano tr. J. B. L. Chomel Hist. Diss. Gangrenous Sore Throat 10 From this Appearance of the Blood, no Diagnostic can be formed of the Disease. 1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 9 126 The disease, the diagnostic of which he found difficult to determine. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 530 Radcliffe..had raised himself to the first practice in London chiefly by his rare skill in diagnostics. figurative.1769 E. Burke Observ. Late State Nation 27 The false diagnostic of our state physician.1876 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 2nd Ser. ii. 93 May be described as a system of religious diagnostics. 2. A distinctive symptom or characteristic, a specific trait: a. in Medicine. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > [noun] tokenc1000 distinctionc1374 differencea1398 signeta1425 knowledge?c1475 smell?a1505 markc1522 badge1529 note1583 impress1590 monument1590 type1595 stamp1600 pressure1604 mintage1612 criterion1613 impressa1628 differencer1633 lineament1638 mole1644 discrimination1646 tessera1647 diagnostic1651 monumental1657 discretive1660 signate1662 footmark1666 trait1752 memorandum1766 fingerprint1792 insignia1796 identifier1807 designative1824 cachet1840 differentiator1854 tanga1867 trademark1869 signature1873 totem1875 differential1883 earmarkings1888 paw print1894 discriminator1943 ident1952 the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [noun] > a characteristic privilegec1225 distinctionc1374 propertyc1390 tachea1400 pointa1425 specialty?a1425 difference?c1425 conditionc1460 markc1522 touch1528 specialty1532 differentia1551 character?1569 formality1570 particularity1585 peculiar1589 accent1591 appropriation1600 characterism1603 peculiarity1606 resemblance1622 propera1626 speciality1625 specificationa1631 appropriament1633 characteristic1646 discrimination1646 diagnostic1651 characteristical1660 stroke1666 talent1670 physiognomya1680 oddity1713 distinctive1816 spécialité1836 trait1864 flavour1866 middle name1905 discriminant1920 discriminator1943 1651 R. Wittie tr. J. Primrose Pop. Errours 225 That Physitian..having fully found out the diagnosticks, and prognosticks of a disease. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle II. lxi. 183 From these diagnostics [the physician] declared, that the liquidum nervosum was intimately affected. 1764 T. Reid Inq. Human Mind vi. §23. 194 An unusual appearance in the colour of familiar objects may be the diagnostic of a disease in the spectator. 1853 C. Reade Christie Johnstone 15 You have the maladies of idle minds, love, perhaps, among the rest; you blush, a diagnostic of that disorder. b. Biology and gen. ΚΠ 1646 S. Bolton Arraignment of Errour 144 What are the Diagnosticks or marks whereby we may..discern of errour from truth. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. lxxvii. 286 Oaths, and curses, the diagnostics of the rakish spirit. 1818 Blackwood's Mag. 2 404 The diagnostics (if so technical a term may be allowed) of his conduct, deportment, and conversation. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1828) IV. xlvii. 405 We cannot point out any certain diagnostic. 3. Computing. A message produced by a computer that helps a user to identify an error or malfunction. Also, a facility or routine for producing such a message. Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > software > [noun] > operating environment > messages concerning errors diagnostic1963 the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > ion > plasma or ionized gas > [noun] > study of plasma physics1958 plasma dynamics1960 plasma diagnostics1961 diagnostic1963 1963 P. M. Sherman Programming & coding Digital Computers xix. 404 Following is a partial list of the comments (called diagnostics) provided by Fortran during a compilation. 1963 P. M. Sherman Programming & coding Digital Computers xix. 405 A number of these diagnostics would apply to any algebraic-language program. 1964 F. P. Fisher & G. F. Swindle Computer Programming Syst. i. i. 4 Programming systems..employ extensive error diagnostics, which check for and announce both clerical and logical errors. 1973 C. W. Gear Introd. Computer Sci. iv. 160 If the programmer attempts to assign a value of B(I) in an assignment statement, the compiler will detect an error at the time it translates that statement and produce a diagnostic that says something about incorrect usage of functions. 1985 Computing Equipm. Sept. 27/3 (advt.) Operation of the network is completely automatic and supported by full diagnostics. Draft additions 1993 3. Physics. A method or technique used in plasma diagnostics; in collective plural = plasma diagnostics n. at plasma n. Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > ion > plasma or ionized gas > [noun] > study of > technique or method diagnostic1962 1962 Jrnl. Appl. Physics 33 2868 Errors in the microwave diagnostics of plasmas were investigated with the use of dielectric and conducting models. 1965 R. H. Huddlestone in Huddlestone & Leonard Plasma Diagnostic Techniques i. 6 Chapter 10 ‘Optical Interferometry’, treats space- and time-resolved interferometry and its applications to diagnostics of plasmas with electron concentrations greater than a few times 10¹⁴ electrons per cm³. 1979 Nature 14 June 626/1 The ion temperature deduced by the magnitude of the neutron emission has been consistent with other PLT ion temperature diagnostic [s] such as charge exchange spectral observations. 1979 Nature 22 Nov. 366/1 It will now be possible to study this quiescence phase in detail with modern diagnostics and hence to assess the potential of the reversed field system. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1625
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