diagnoses Definition

diagnosis
noun diagnoses

1. medicine.
The process whereby a disease or disorder is provisionally identified on the basis of its symptoms and the patient's medical history.
2. biol.
In taxonomy: a formal description, eg of a plant, made on the basis of its distinguishing characteristics.
3. Identification of problems in other areas, eg in mechanics and computing.

Etymology: 17c: Greek, from diagignoskein to distinguish.