Meanings
plural differential diagnoses
- countableuncountablemedicineThe process of determining which disease, from a set of possible candidates, is causing a patient's symptoms.
Case reports in arthropathies less often rely on macroscopy alone[…]. A factor here is that these tend to concentrate on the rarer forms of arthritis […] that require careful differential diagnosis for which the radiological appearance is often critical.
2023, Simon Mays, “The Macroscopic Study of Human Skeletal Paleopathology” (chapter 2), in The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology, Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, page 23 - countableuncountablemedicineA list of possible causes of a primary symptom or a collection of symptoms.
2000 August 15, Harry D. McKinnon and Thomas Howard, “Evaluating the Febrile Patient with a Rash”, in American Family Physician, American Academy of Family Physicians, page 804, The differential diagnosis for febrile patients with a rash is extensive.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 鑒別診斷 /鉴别诊断, 鑒別診斷 /鉴别诊断
- 鑒別診斷 /鉴别诊断 (jiànbié zhěnduàn)process of diagnosis from a set of candidates
- 鑒別診斷 /鉴别诊断 (jiànbié zhěnduàn)list of possible causes
Czech diferenciální diagnóza
- diferenciální diagnózaprocess of diagnosis from a set of candidates
Dutch differentiële diagnose, differentiaaldiagnose
- differentiële diagnoseprocess of diagnosis from a set of candidates
- differentiaaldiagnoseprocess of diagnosis from a set of candidates
- differentiële diagnoselist of possible causes
Finnish erotusdiagnostiikka, erotusdiagnoosi
- erotusdiagnostiikkaprocess of diagnosis from a set of candidates
- erotusdiagnoosilist of possible causes
Greek διαφοροδιάγνωση
- διαφοροδιάγνωση (diaforodiágnosi)process of diagnosis from a set of candidates
Hungarian differenciáldiagnózis
- differenciáldiagnózisprocess of diagnosis from a set of candidates
Indonesian diagnosis banding, diagnosis diferensial
- diagnosis bandinglist of possible causes
- diagnosis diferensiallist of possible causes
- diagnosis pembandinglist of possible causes
Cite this entry
differential diagnosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/differential%20diagnosis
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