1. diagnostic - Noun
2. diagnostic - Adjective
3. diagnostic - Adjective Satellite
Pertaining to, or furnishing, a diagnosis; indicating the nature of a disease.
The mark or symptom by which one disease is known or distinguished from others.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAbove all, religion, faith healing, and alternative medicine all show the diagnostic feature of faith: an agenda not to find the truth, but to support one's biases, emotions, and personal beliefs. Jerry Coyne
Gunson added that it was false to claim, as the present district attorney's office does in their request for my extradition, that the time I spent in Chino was for the purpose of a diagnostic study. Roman Polański
Far too often, children with developmental disorders are diagnosed solely on the basis of their observable behavior, slotted into broad diagnostic pigeonholes and provided generalized treatments that may not always meet their specific needs. Aditi Shankardass
Health care can be made more affordable for the poor without requiring major new scientific developments, just the smart application of current technologies. We have seen a $25 incubator and diagnostic instruments that are built tough, cheap, and reusable for the developing world. Muhammad Yunus
I would have loved to have gone into diagnostic medicine. Scarlett Johansson
Prevention is within reach of everyone. And here are recommendations: abstain from smoking, eat less, eat mostly vegetarian foods, an active mind and body, and follow individually designed early diagnostic regimens. Umberto Veronesi