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In medicine, diagnosis (plural, diagnoses) is the process of identifying a medical condition or disease by its signs, symptoms, and from the results of various diagnostic procedures. The conclusion reached through this process is called a diagnosis. The term "diagnostic criteria" designates the combination of signs, symptoms, and test results that allows the doctor to ascertain the diagnosis of the respective disease.
However, it has two distinct dictionary definitions. The first definition is "the recognition of a disease or condition by its outward signs and symptoms,"[citation needed] while the second definition is "the analysis of the underlying physiological/biochemical cause(s) of a disease or condition."
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