diagnosis: meaning and words from its letters
9 letters · 11 letter points · starts with D · ends with S
Meaning of diagnosis
noun
- countable, uncountable
The process of, or an instance of, identification of the nature and cause of a medical condition or illness.
Example: Diagnosis is a challenging art informed by wide-ranging science.
- countable, uncountable
The process of, or an instance of, identification of the nature and cause of something (of any nature).
Example: Diagnosis is part of being an automotive mechanic.
- countable, uncountable
A written description of a species or other taxon serving to distinguish that species from all others; especially a description written and published in Latin.
Listed forms: diagnoses.
Source: Wiktionary — diagnosis.
verb
- nonstandard, proscribed, rare
Synonym of diagnose.
Source: Wiktionary — diagnosis.
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Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for diagnosis.
noun
identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is diagnosis in our word lists?
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of diagnosis
D(2) + I(1) + A(1) + G(2) + N(1) + O(1) + S(1) + I(1) + S(1) = 11 points.
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Anagrams of diagnosis
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from diagnosis
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