diagnosis

[Gr., from dia = between, and anosis inquiry, knowledge; gignōskō = to know; Fr. diagnose.] 1. Ord. Lang .: A scientific determination or dis "In a score of words Mr. Bain has here sketched my mental diagnosis ."-Tyndall: Frag. of Science (3d ed.), ch. vii., p. 128. crimination; a short distinctive description. 2. Path .: A scientific determination or discrimination of diseases by their symptoms. "The diagnosis of the case would be apparent to all medical men." -London Daily Telegraph . 3. Bot .: The short character by which one plant is distinguished from another.