diagnostic

英 [daɪəg'nɒstɪk] 美[,daɪəɡ'nɑstɪk]

• adj. 诊断的；特征的
• n. 诊断法；诊断结论

1. concerned with diagnosis; used for furthering diagnosis;

"a diagnostic clinic"

"a diagnostic reading test"

"diagnostic information"

2. characteristic or indicative of e.g. a disease;

"a diagnostic sign of yellow fever"

"diagnostic information"

"a rash symptomatic of scarlet fever"

"symptomatic of insanity"

"a rise in crime symptomatic of social breakdown"