0 a judgment about what a particular illness or problem is, made after examining it:
1 the making of a judgment about the exact character of a disease or other problem, esp. after an examination, or such a judgment:
The tablets didn't help, and I suspected that the doctor had given me an incorrect diagnosis.
When we get the results of your blood tests, I should be able to give you a clear diagnosis.
He took one look at the wilted plant and gave me an immediate diagnosis: "It needs more water", he said.
The engineer examined the washing machine for some time before giving me his diagnosis.
When the computer still didn't work, we had to ring up Technical Support for their diagnosis.
All patients were treated just after the clinical diagnosis of plague (bubonic plague with cervical, inguinal or axillary buboes) and all patients recovered subsequently.
In these analyses, we found that certain donor characteristics and patient diagnoses were associated with substantially greater resource use.
Generic tasks as building blocks for knowledgebased systems: the diagnosis and routine design examples.
