concerned with the diagnosis of illness or other problems 关于(疾病的)诊断的;关于(所存在问题性质的)判断的 a diagnostic tool. 诊断器械。 ■(of a symptom) distinctive, and so indicating the nature of an illness (因症状特异而)能指示某种疾病性质的 there are fifteen infections which are diagnostic of Aids. 有15个因症状特异而被诊断为感染了艾滋病的病例。
characteristic of a particular species, genus, or phenomenon (生物学上的某一物种、属或现象所)特有的 the diagnostic character of having not one but two pairs of antennae. 有两对触角而非一对触角的属性特征。
noun
a distinctive symptom or characteristic (特有的)症状(或特征) ■(Computing)a program or routine that helps a user to identify errors (计算机)诊断程序,识错程序
(diagnostics)the practice or techniques of diagnosis 诊断学;诊断法 advanced medical diagnostics. 先进的医疗诊断技术。
early 17th cent.: from Greek diagnōstikos 'able to distinguish', from diagignōskein 'distinguish'; the noun from hē diagnōstikē teknē 'the art of distinguishing (disease')