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Diagnosis

Meaning in veterinary medicine, with examples

/ˌdaɪəɡˈnəʊsɪs/nounCore term

In veterinary medicine, diagnosis means: The identification of the disease or problem that is causing an animal's clinical signs, based on the history, the examination and test results.

In Turkish: tanı, teşhis

How it is used

Vets make, reach or confirm a diagnosis; a tentative diagnosis comes before the test results, a definitive diagnosis after them. The plural is diagnoses, and the verb is diagnose: the dog was diagnosed with diabetes.

Example sentences

  1. We can't make a diagnosis until the blood results come back.

  2. The biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of a mast cell tumour.

Common collocations

  • make a diagnosis
  • confirm the diagnosis
  • tentative diagnosis
  • definitive diagnosis
  • diagnosed with
  • differential diagnosisOne of the possible diseases that could explain an animal's clinical signs, or the whole list of them, which the vet narrows down with tests.
  • prognosisA vet's opinion about the likely course and outcome of a disease, for example whether the animal will recover and how long it may live.
  • blood testA laboratory examination of a blood sample to check things such as blood cells, organ function, infections or hormone levels.
  • biopsyTaking a small piece of tissue from a living animal so that it can be examined under a microscope, or the tissue sample itself.

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