English Dictionary

diagnosis

/daɪəɡˈnəʊsɪs/

noun

(medicine) The identification of the nature and cause of an illness. / The identification of the nature and cause of something (of any nature).

The doctor gave me a diagnosis of pneumonia.

意味（1）

(medicine) The identification of the nature and cause of an illness.

He was given the wrong treatment due to an erroneous diagnosis.

意味（2）

The identification of the nature and cause of something (of any nature).

The quick eye for effects, the clear diagnosis of men's minds, and the love of epigram.

意味（3）

(taxonomy) A written description of a species or other taxon serving to distinguish that species from all others; especially a description written and published in Latin.

The repeated exposure, over decades, to most taxa here treated has resulted in repeated modifications of both diagnoses and discussions, as initial ideas of the various taxa underwent—often repeated—conceptual modification.