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单词 diagnostic
释义 di·ag·nos·tic
I. \| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|nästik, -tēk\ adjective
Etymology: Greek diagnōstikos, from diagnōstos to be distinguished (from diagignōskein to distinguish) + -ikos -ic
1. : adapted to or used for the furthering of diagnosis : employing or marked by the methods of diagnosis : concerned with diagnosis
 < diagnostic reading tests >
 < a diagnostic clinic >
 < diagnostic social work >
 < diagnostic information >
2. : serving to distinguish, identify, or determine : distinctive: as
 a. : characteristic of or indicating the presence of a particular disease
  < a diagnostic sign of yellow fever — American Guide Series: Louisiana >
 b. : distinctive of the species or other group to which an animal or plant belongs
  < a diagnostic character >
 c. : serving to identify a mineral or fossil
  < colored by impurities so that the property is not diagnostic — W.J.Miller >
  : indicative of the conditions of origin or the geologic age of a formation
  < some minerals are diagnostic of certain source rocks — F.J.Pettijohn >
II. noun
(-s)
1.
 a. : the art or practice of diagnosis — often used in plural
  < his rare skill in diagnostics — T.B.Macaulay >
 b. : a diagnostic conclusion, opinion, or explanation
  < a false diagnostic >
2. : a distinguishing mark
 < the true diagnostic of modern gentility is parasitism — G.B.Shaw >
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