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Diagnosis is the identification of the nature of anything, either by process of elimination
Process of elimination

The process of elimination is a basic logical tool to solve real world problems. By subsequently removing options that may be deemed impossible, illogical, or can be easily ruled out due to some sort of explicit understanding relative to the entire set of options, the pool of remaining possibilities grows smaller....
 or other analytical methods. Diagnosis is used in many different disciplines, with slightly different implementations on the application of logic and experience to determine the cause and effect relationships. Below are given as examples and tools used by the respective professions in medicine, science, engineering, business.






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Diagnosis is the identification of the nature of anything, either by process of elimination
Process of elimination

The process of elimination is a basic logical tool to solve real world problems. By subsequently removing options that may be deemed impossible, illogical, or can be easily ruled out due to some sort of explicit understanding relative to the entire set of options, the pool of remaining possibilities grows smaller....
 or other analytical methods. Diagnosis is used in many different disciplines, with slightly different implementations on the application of logic and experience to determine the cause and effect relationships. Below are given as examples and tools used by the respective professions in medicine, science, engineering, business. Diagnosis is used in many other trades and professions to determine the causes of symptoms, mitigations for problems, or solutions to issues.

Etymology

The term diagnosis derives from the Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
: d?????s?, compound of the words: d?a dia- "apart-split", and ???s? gnosi "to learn, knowledge"

In medicine

  • Medical diagnosis
    Medical diagnosis

    In medicine, diagnosis is the process of identifying a medical condition or disease by its sign , symptoms, and from the results of various diagnostic procedures....
  • Differential diagnosis
    Differential diagnosis

    A differential diagnosis is a systematic method used to identify unknowns. This method, essentially a process of elimination, is used by taxonomy to identify living organisms, and by physicians and other qualified healthcare professionals to diagnosis the specific disease in a patient....
  • Retrospective diagnosis
    Retrospective diagnosis

    A retrospective diagnosis is the practice of identifying an illness in a historical figure using modern knowledge, methods and nosology. Alternatively, it can be the more general attempt to give a modern name to an ancient and ill-defined scourge or plague....
  • Bayesian probability
    Bayesian probability

    Bayesian probability interprets the concept of probability as 'a measure of a state of knowledge' , and not as a frequentist . Broadly speaking, there are two views on Bayesian probability that interpret the 'state of knowledge' concept in different ways....


In computing

  • Grey Area Diagnosis
    Grey Area Diagnosis

    Grey Area Diagnosis is an activity performed during Incident Management . It is the activity via which the cause of an Incident are determined in order to escalate the Incident to the appropriate team for further investigation and resolution....
  • RPR Problem Diagnosis
    RPR Problem Diagnosis

    RPR is a problem diagnosis method specifically designed to determine the Root cause of IT problems....
  • Remote diagnostics
    Remote diagnostics

    Remote Diagnostics refers to ability to diagnose a given symptom, issue or problem from a distance. Instead of the subject being colocated with the person or system doing the diagnostics, with remote diagnostics, the subjects can be separated by physical distant ....


Tools

  • DELTA (taxonomy)
    DELTA (taxonomy)

    DELTA is a data format used in alpha taxonomy, for recording descriptions of living things. It is designed for computer processing, allowing the generation of identification keys, diagnosis, etc....
  • DXplain
    DXplain

    DXplain is a Clinical decision support system available through the World Wide Web that assists clinicians by generating stratified diagnoses based on user input of patient signs and symptoms, laboratory results, and other clinical findings ....
  • Frequency probability
    Frequency probability

    Frequency probability is the Probability interpretations that defines an event's probability as the limit of its relative frequency in a large number of trials....
  • Probability interpretations
    Probability interpretations

    The word probability has been used in a variety of ways since it was first coined in relation to games of chance. Does probability measure the real, physical tendency of something to occur, or is it just a measure of how strongly one believes it will occur? In answering such questions, we interpret the probability values of probability theo...


Logic

  • Zebra (medical)
    Zebra (medical)

    Zebra is a slang medical term for an obscure and unlikely diagnosis from ordinary symptoms.It derives from the aphorism "When you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras", which was probably coined by Dr....
  • Sutton's law
    Sutton's law

    Sutton's law states that in attempting to diagnose a problem, one should first do the experiment that can confirm the most likely diagnosis. It is taught in medical schools to guide new doctors in ordering tests in a way that leads to faster treatment, while minimizing [unnecessary] costs....
  • Occam's razor
    Occam's razor

    Occam's razor, also Ockham's razor, is a principle attributed to the 14th-century English logician and Franciscan friar, William of Ockham....
  • Hickam's dictum
    Hickam's dictum

    Hickam's dictum is a counterargument to the use of Occam's razor in the medical profession. The principle is commonly stated: "Patients can have as many diseases as they damn well please"....


See also

  • Diagnosis (artificial intelligence)
    Diagnosis (artificial intelligence)

    As a subfield in artificial intelligence, Diagnosis is concerned with the development of algorithms and techniques that are able to determine whether the behaviour of a system is correct....
  • Organizational diagnostics
    Organizational diagnostics

    In the field of Organizational Development there are may activities and disciplines. One of those is the area of organizational diagnosis and the use of structured organizational diagnostic tools....