DIAGNOSIS

Diagnosis

Diagnosis is the identification of the nature and cause of a certain phenomenon. Diagnosis is used in many different disciplines with variations in the use of logics, analytics, and experience to determine "cause and effect". In systems engineering and computer science, it is typically used to determine the causes of symptoms, mitigations, and solutions.

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diagnosis

Noun

  1. The identification of the nature and cause of an illness.
  2. The identification of the nature and cause of something (of any nature).
  3. A written description of a species or other taxon serving to distinguish that species from all others. Especially, a description written in Latin and published.


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