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medical diagnosis

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medical diagnosis
Etymology: L, medicare + Gk, dia, through, gnosis, knowledge
the determination of the cause of a patient's illness or suffering by the combined use of physical examination, patient interview, laboratory tests, review of the patient's medical records, knowledge of the cause of observed signs and symptoms, and differential elimination of similar possible causes.


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