DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diagnostic technique mean? 

• DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUE (noun)
  The noun DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUE has 1 sense:

1. a procedure followed in making a medical diagnosis

  Familiarity information: DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A procedure followed in making a medical diagnosis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

diagnostic procedure; diagnostic technique

Hypernyms ("diagnostic technique" is a kind of...):

procedure; process (a particular course of action intended to achieve a result)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "diagnostic technique"):

prenatal diagnosis (any of the diagnostic procedures used to determine whether a fetus has a genetic abnormality)

cardiography; electrocardiography (diagnostic procedure consisting of recording the activity of the heart electronically with a cardiograph (and producing a cardiogram))

echocardiography (a noninvasive diagnostic procedure that uses ultrasound to study to structure and motions of the heart)

echoencephalography (a noninvasive diagnostic procedure that uses ultrasound to study the anatomy of the brain)

auscultation (listening to sounds within the body (usually with a stethoscope))

roentgenography; X-ray photography (radiography that uses X-rays to produce a roentgenogram)

electromyography (diagnosis of neuromuscular disorders with the use of an electromyograph)

mammography (a diagnostic procedure to detect breast tumors by the use of X rays)

thermography (diagnostic technique using a thermograph to record the heat produced by different parts of the body; used to study blood flow and to detect tumors)

Holonyms ("diagnostic technique" is a part of...):

medical diagnosis (identification of a disease from its symptoms)

 Context examples 

Multitest CMI is a diagnostic technique for detection of anergy (nonresponsiveness to antigens) by means of delayed hypersensitivity skin testing.

(Cell-Mediated Immunity Multitest, NCI Thesaurus)