differential diagnosis
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6.1
- noun
- /ˌdɪf.əˈrɛn.ʃəl ˌdaɪ.əɡˈnəʊ.sɪs/
- Specialized
:
diagnóstico diferencial
- In evaluating the patient's symptoms, the doctor prepared a list for the differential diagnosis to narrow down the possible causes.
- consider the differential diagnosis
- differential diagnosis includes
- differential diagnosis and treatment
And that kind of differential diagnosis is, is essential.
- And that kind of differential diagnosis is, is essential.
Examples
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Proper management requires inclusion of this entity in the differential diagnosis, as well as familiarity with its clinical behavior.
Academic text (2001) -
Identification of an illness requires (a) a differential diagnosis, (b) a treatment course, and (c) a cure.
Academic text (1995) -
At least nine entities should be considered in the differential diagnosis.
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Based on the history and findings, there are several potential differential diagnoses, including:
Academic text (2012) -
Disease processes within the differential diagnosis of CFS/ME are many and varied, and include some important ones.
Academic text (2012) -
The importance of history taking in the differential diagnosis of asthma and COPD.
Academic text (2015) -
Box 2 offers some help and guidance in distinguishing some of the differential diagnoses for prolonged fever in children.
Academic text (2012) -
Slowly enlarging nasal masses must be considered in the differential diagnosis.
Academic text (2008) -
Metastatic thyroid cancer should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a parapharyngeal space mass.
Academic text (1998) -
The investigation of limp and gait abnormality depends on the differential diagnosis.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
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3.8
Finding the cause of a problem, especially in medicine
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3.6
Finding the disease a person has by looking at symptoms and tests
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4.9
Finding what is wrong with a person or machine
How Certain
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5.6
- Specialized
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6.1
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3.9
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3.3
- Specialized
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7.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the process of distinguishing a particular disease from others' is directly derivable from combining 'differential' (a feature that distinguishes) with 'diagnosis' (the process of determining a cause). This is a regular modifier+noun composition (a diagnosis that differentiates) found cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Differential diagnosis comes from the image of a doctor listing several possible illnesses, called the differential, and checking each diagnosis to see which one fits. So it means 'the process of telling one disease from others'.