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Adjective (2 meanings)

1. concerned with diagnosis; used for furthering diagnosis.

diagnostic

Example:
  • “a diagnostic reading test”
Derivationally related form:
diagnostic pertains to:

2. characteristic or indicative of a disease.

diagnostic, symptomatic

Examples:
  • “a diagnostic sign of yellow fever”,
  • “a rash symptomatic of scarlet fever”,
  • “symptomatic of insanity”,
  • “a rise in crime symptomatic of social breakdown”
Derivationally related form:
  • symptom (noun) - anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence
  • symptom (noun) - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
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