prediagnosis

English

Alternative forms

  • pre-diagnosis

Etymology

From pre- +‎ diagnosis.

Adjective

prediagnosis (not comparable)

  1. (medicine) Prior to diagnosis
    the prediagnosis stage of dealing with cancer

Synonyms

Noun

prediagnosis (plural prediagnoses)

  1. (medicine) A preliminary diagnosis, particularly one made before the occurrence of symptoms
    • 1965, Instrument Society of America, Advances in Instrumentation‎[1], page xxiii:
      The prediagnosis of disease through the use of mass biochemical screening techniques utilizes systems of analysis in which we have considerable experience.
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