diagnostics

English

Etymology

From diagnostic +‎ -ics.

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Noun

diagnostics

1. plural of diagnostic

Noun

diagnostics (countable and uncountable, plural diagnostics)

1. (singular or plural in construction) The process of arriving at a diagnosis (through diagnostic efforts: tests, analysis, thought).
   1. (medicine) Diagnostic methods considered collectively.

      Near-synonym: diagnosis

      Diagnostics is the area in which this molecule is most useful, whereas it is not a treatment target in itself.

      The diagnostics were extensive, with scores of laboratory tests.

   2. (of devices) The process of determining the state of or capability of a component to perform its function(s).

      Diagnostics is the area in which the cost of hiring a factory-certified technician might easily pay for itself through downtime reduction.

      The diagnostics were a nightmare, but we finally isolated the problem to a specific one of the many ECUs — of which this ridiculous design has at least fourteen that we know of.

Derived terms

• biodiagnostics
• immunodiagnostics
• nanodiagnostics
• neurodiagnostics
• pharmacodiagnostics
• phytodiagnostics
• psychodiagnostics
• radiodiagnostics
• telediagnostics
• theranostics

Related terms

• diagnostician
• differential diagnosis

Translations

the process of determining the state of or capability of a component

Belarusian: дыягно́стыка f (dyjahnóstyka) Chinese: Mandarin: 診斷 / 诊断 (zh) (zhěnduàn) Finnish: diagnostiikka (fi) French: diagnostic (fr) m German: Diagnostik (de) f Hungarian: diagnosztika (hu), ellenőrzés (hu) Kazakh: диагностика (diagnostika) Russian: диагно́стика (ru) f (diagnóstika) Swedish: diagnostik (sv) Turkish: teşhis (tr) Ukrainian: діагно́стика f (diahnóstyka)

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French

Noun

diagnostics m

1. plural of diagnostic