DIAGNOSTIC

diagnostic, symptomatic

(adjective) characteristic or indicative of a disease; “a diagnostic sign of yellow fever”; “a rash symptomatic of scarlet fever”; “symptomatic of insanity”; “a rise in crime symptomatic of social breakdown”

diagnostic

(adjective) concerned with diagnosis; used for furthering diagnosis; “a diagnostic reading test”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Adjective

diagnostic (comparative more diagnostic, superlative most diagnostic)

Of, or relating to diagnosis.

(medicine) Characteristic of a particular disease.

Serving to indicate or specify a particular item or thing within a group of similar things.

Hyponyms

• pathognomonic

Noun

diagnostic (plural diagnostics)

Any technique used in medical diagnosis.

(computing) Any tool or technique used to find the root of a problem.

That by which anything is known; a symptom.

Source: Wiktionary

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Di`ag*nos"tic, a. Etym: [Gr. diagnostique.]

Definition: Pertaining to, or furnishing, a diagnosis; indicating the nature of a disease.

Di`ag*nos"tic, n.

Definition: The mark or symptom by which one disease is known or distinguished from others.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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