clinical diagnosis

noun

The estimated identification of the disease underlying a patient's complaints based merely on signs, symptoms and medical history of the patient rather than on laboratory examination or medical imaging.

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Meanings

nounclinical diagnosis (countable and uncountable, plural clinical diagnoses)

plural clinical diagnoses

  1. countableuncountableThe estimated identification of the disease underlying a patient's complaints based merely on signs, symptoms and medical history of the patient rather than on laboratory examination or medical imaging.
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