| 单词 | diagnostic |
| 释义 | diagnostic (once / 6534 pages) adj Anything diagnostic has to do with disease, especially figuring out which one a patient has. If your doctor wants to run diagnostic tests, then she isn't exactly sure what's wrong with you — so the tests will help diagnose you (figure out what's wrong). The TV show House is all about diagnostic tests: it features illnesses that are unusual and hard to determine. But anything diagnostic is trying to figure out what's wrong. A writing test could be called diagnostic if it's trying to determine how good or bad your writing skills are. WORD FAMILYdiagnostic: diagnostically, diagnostician+/diagnosable: undiagnosable/diagnose: diagnosable, diagnosed, diagnosing/diagnosed: undiagnosed/diagnosis: diagnose, diagnoses, diagnostic/diagnostician: diagnosticians USAGE EXAMPLESThey transmit data wirelessly to an adapter that plugs into the car’s diagnostic port near the steering wheel. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) In all, the budget includes $3 million in new diagnostic equipment to replace outdated pieces. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Like other movements that seek to challenge the authority of psychiatry’s diagnostic categories, the Hearing Voices Movement is controversial. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) 1adj concerned with diagnosis; used for furthering diagnosis a diagnostic reading test 2adj characteristic or indicative of a disease a diagnostic sign of yellow fever Syn symptomatic characteristic typical or distinctive |
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