DIAGNOSTIC TEST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diagnostic test mean? 

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

1. an assay conducted for diagnostic purposes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIAGNOSTIC TEST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An assay conducted for diagnostic purposes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

diagnostic assay; diagnostic test

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

assay (a quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components; frequently used to test for the presence or concentration of infectious agents or antibodies etc.)

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

biopsy (examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease)

cloze procedure; cloze test (a test for diagnosing reading ability; words are deleted from a prose passage and the reader is required to fill in the blanks)

faecal occult test; fecal occult test; stool test (a test performed at home in which you collect specimens of your stool that are tested for traces of blood; used to detect colorectal cancers)

GI series (diagnostic tests of the alimentary canal; usually involves inserting a contrast medium (such as barium sulfate) and taking an X-ray)

glucose tolerance test (test of the body's ability to metabolize carbohydrates; used in the diagnosis of hypoglycemia and diabetes mellitus)

Pap test; Papanicolaou test; smear test (a method of examining stained cells in a cervical smear for early diagnosis of uterine cancer)

PKU test (a test of newborn infants for phenylketonuria)

Queckenstedt's test (a test to determine whether there is a blockage of the spinal canal)

radioactive iodine test (test of thyroid function in which the patient is given an oral dose of radioactive iodine-131)

Rubin test (test to determine the patency or occlusion of the Fallopian tubes)

skin test (any test to determine immunity or sensitivity to a disease by introducing small amounts on or into the skin)

tissue typing (a series of diagnostic tests before an organ transplant to determine whether the tissues of a donor and recipient are compatible)

vital capacity (the maximum amount of air that can be exhaled after a maximum inhalation (usually tested with a spirometer); used to determine the condition of lung tissue)

 Context examples 

Commercially prepared reagent sets, with accessory devices, containing all of the major components and literature necessary to perform one or more designated diagnostic tests or procedures.

(Diagnostic Reagents and Test Kits, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

An immunohistochemical diagnostic test utilizing an antibody to detect lysozyme in tissues.

(Lysozyme Immunohistochemistry, NCI Thesaurus)

For instance, it might allow researchers to track viruses and perform other diagnostic tests in the field.

(Smartphone microscope detects nanoparticles and viruses, NIH)

Tthe proportion of all the observations that have been classified correctly by the diagnostic procedures in given population, or using some diagnostic test, or by some medical institution or professional.

(Diagnostic Accuracy, NCI Thesaurus)

Diagnostic tests fail to detect presence of disease.

(No Evidence of Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

A diagnostic test performed on a tooth by tapping on the crown with a dental instrument.

(Dental Percussion, NCI Thesaurus)

A qualitative characteristic or quantitative parameter used to evaluate the performance of particular diagnostic test.

(Diagnostic Test Quality Assessment Criterion, NCI Thesaurus)

Applications include Northern and Southern blots, in situ hybridization techniques, and diagnostic tests.

(DNA Probes, NCI Thesaurus)

An in situ hybridization diagnostic test utilizing fluorescent probes to detect HPV 16 DNA sequences in tissues.

(In Situ Hybridization Analysis of HPV 16 DNA Sequences, NCI Thesaurus)

An immunohistochemical diagnostic test utilizing an antibody to detect p16 in tissues.

(p16 Immunohistochemical Expression Analysis, NCI Thesaurus)