cytodiagnosis

C3Y4T1O1D2I1A1G2N1O1S1I1S1

noun

diagnosis by means of a study of the cells present in a sample

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:cytodiagnosis.”

OriginEnglish diagnosis ← Latin diagnōsis ← Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́γνωσῐς (dĭắgnōsĭs) →
RareScrabble 20
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nouncytodiagnosis (countable and uncountable, plural cytodiagnoses)

plural cytodiagnoses

  1. countableuncountablemedicinediagnosis by means of a study of the cells present in a sample

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:cytodiagnosis.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekκύτος (kútos)
  2. Englishcyto-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  4. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  6. Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
  7. Ancient Greekδια- (dia-)
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ǵn̥h₃sḱéti
  10. Proto-Hellenic*gignṓskō
  11. Ancient Greekγῐγνώσκω (gĭgnṓskō)
  12. Ancient Greekδῐαγῐγνώσκω (dĭagĭgnṓskō)
  13. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́γνωσῐς (dĭắgnōsĭs)
  14. Latindiagnōsis
  15. Englishdiagnosis
  16. Englishcytodiagnosis

From cyto- + diagnosis.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

cytodiagnosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cytodiagnosis

MLA

“cytodiagnosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cytodiagnosis. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cytodiagnosis,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cytodiagnosis.

Source: cytodiagnosis on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.