diagnostic
diag·nos·tic
adjective
1.
2.
characteristic or indicative of e.g. a disease
- “a diagnostic sign of yellow fever”
- “diagnostic information”
- “a rash symptomatic of scarlet fever”
- “symptomatic of insanity”
- “a rise in crime symptomatic of social breakdown”
Origin
From Ancient Greek διαγνωστικός (diagnōstikós), adjective from διαγιγνώσκω (diagignṓskō, “to distinguish, diagnose”).
Phrases
- diagnostic overshadowing
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