'Diagnostic' definitions:
Definition of 'diagnostic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Concerned with diagnosis; used for furthering diagnosis; "a diagnostic reading test"
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" [syn: diagnostic, symptomatic]
Definition of 'Diagnostic'
From: GCIDE
- Diagnostic \Di`ag*nos"tic\, a. [Gr. ? able to distinguish, fr. ?: cf. F. diagnostique.] Pertaining to, or furnishing, a diagnosis; indicating the nature of a disease. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Diagnostic'
From: GCIDE
- Diagnostic \Di`ag*nos"tic\, n. The mark or symptom by which one disease is known or distinguished from others. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'diagnostic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- characteristic,
- characterizing,
- connotative,
- constructional,
- constructive,
- contrastive,
- definitional,
- demonstrative,
- denominative,
- denotative,
- descriptive,
- designative,
- diacritical,
- differencing,
- differential,
- differentiative,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- distinctive,
- distinguishing,
- emblematic,
- evidential,
- exegetic,
- exhibitive,
- expressive,
- figural,
- figurative,
- hermeneutic,
- identifying,
- ideographic,
- idiosyncratic,
- implicative,
- indicating,
- indicative,
- indicatory,
- individual,
- individualizing,
- individuating,
- interpretational,
- interpretive,
- meaningful,
- metaphorical,
- naming,
- pathognomonic,
- peculiar,
- personalizing,
- proper,
- representative,
- semantic,
- semeiological,
- semiotic,
- separative,
- signalizing,
- significant,
- significative,
- signifying,
- suggestive,
- symbolic,
- symbolistic,
- symbological,
- symptomatic,
- symptomatologic,
- symptomatological,
- tropological,
- typical