diagnostically
- adverb
- /ˌdaɪəɡˈnɑːstɪkli/
- Specialized
- Sections of the tests can be administered diagnostically when specific instructional problems arise.
- used diagnostically
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Examples
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Diagnostically, use of a highly sensitive D-dimer assay plus a validated clinical prediction rule allows PE to be ruled out without imaging (1).
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I stressed that standardized test results should be used diagnostically in that what a pupil answers incorrectly may be emphasized in a teaching-learning situation, if relevant.
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Diagnostically, the most important issue may be the simplicity of the writing.
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Alcoholism, however, is now diagnostically classified as a disease.
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Statistically significant group differences are then interpreted as evidence that the test is diagnostically effective.
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Her belief is that an educator should be like a doctor, able to dispense medicine or perform surgery to fix specific diagnostically ascertainable ailments.
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Both of these reading-related processes account for unique variance when predicting reading achievement (Swanson, Trainin, Necoechea, & Hammill, 2003), making the assessment of each process diagnostically useful.
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The test was administered diagnostically to assess the students' comprehension skills.
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Doctors use specific criteria diagnostically to identify various diseases.
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In therapy, assessments are performed diagnostically to tailor treatment plans for patients.
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Morphology
diagnostically = diagnostic (transparent) = diagnostic + ally
Adverb formed by adding the standard adverbial suffix '-ally' to the adjective 'diagnostic', yielding a meaning directly related to 'diagnostic'.
Etymology
The word diagnostically comes from the same root as diagnosis, built from Greek parts dia- ('through') and gnosis ('knowledge'). So, to act diagnostically is to look carefully 'through' the facts to 'know' the cause, in other words to do something in a way that finds the reason for a problem.