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diagnosis

noun/ˌdaɪəɡˈnəʊsɪs/

A2CEFR level
15/100Rarity: common
TechnicalRegister

The identification of a condition from its signs, symptoms and investigations.

A working diagnosis of a lower respiratory tract infection was made on admission.

Topic: Referral & discharge letters in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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More medicine words: Referral & discharge letters