Definition of Diagnosis

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DIAGNOSIS noun

	A physician's forecast of the disease by the patient's pulse and purse.

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

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Regular definition:

DIAGNOSIS:
?da????n?us?s n. (pl. diagnoses) 1 a the identification of a disease by means of a patient's symptoms. b an instance or formal statement of this. 2 a the identification of the cause of a mechanical fault etc. b an instance of this. 3 a the distinctive characterization in precise terms of a genus, species, etc. b an instance of this. [mod.L f. Gk (as DIA-, gignosko recognize)]

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