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ADJECTIVE (2)

1. concerned with diagnosis; used for furthering diagnosis;
- Example: "a diagnostic reading test"

2. characteristic or indicative of a disease;
- Example: "a diagnostic sign of yellow fever"
- Example: "a rash symptomatic of scarlet fever"
- Example: "symptomatic of insanity"
- Example: "a rise in crime symptomatic of social breakdown"
[syn: diagnostic, symptomatic]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Diagnostic \Di`ag*nos"tic\, n.
   The mark or symptom by which one disease is known or
   distinguished from others.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

diagnostic
    adj 1: concerned with diagnosis; used for furthering diagnosis;
           "a diagnostic reading test"
    2: 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]