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[G. diagnosis, a deciding.] The determination of the nature of a disease, clin'ical d,, (i) a d. made from a study of the symptoms only; (2) a recognition of the symptoms of a disease without reference to its pathology, d. by ezclu's ion, a d. made by excluding those affections to which some of the symptoms belong, leaving only one to which all the symptoms point. difieren'tial d., the determination as to which of two or more diseases with similar symptoms it is that the patient is suffering from, lab'oratory d., a d. made by a chemical, microscopical, or bacteriological study of the various secretions and discharges, pathological d., (i) a diagnosis (sometimes a post-mortem d.)made from a study of the lesions present; (2) a diagnosis of the pathological conditions present, determined by a study and comparison of the symptoms, phys'- ical d., a d. made by means of physical measures, such as a us cid tat i on, percu ion, palpation, and inspection. To diagnose. perienced in making diagnoses. one that gives the salient features in a few lines, without being an exact representation of the object, flo'ral d., flower-plan, the diagrammatic plan of a flower, lating to a diagram; of the nature of a diagram rather than an exact representation; schematic.