diagnostic

Meanings

Plural: diagnostics

Adjective

concerned with diagnosis; used for furthering diagnosis
- "a diagnostic reading test"

Adjective Satellite

characteristic or indicative of a disease
- "a diagnostic sign of yellow fever"

Adj

Of, or relating to diagnosis.
Characteristic of a particular disease.
Serving to indicate or specify a particular item or thing within a group of similar things.
Intended to assess a student's preexisting knowledge on the material being taught.
(of a skeletal or genetic feature) Characteristic of a particular taxon or clade.

Noun

Any technique used in medical diagnosis.
Any tool or technique used to find the root of a problem.
That by which anything is known; a symptom.

Origin / Etymology

From Ancient Greek διαγνωστικός (diagnōstikós), adjective from διαγιγνώσκειν (diagignṓskein, “to distinguish, diagnose”).

Synonyms

symptomatic

Scrabble Score: 14

diagnostic is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
diagnostic is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
diagnostic is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

diagnostic is a valid Words With Friends word