differential diagnosis
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.68 in modern English
30
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
8
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The process of determining which disease, from a set of possible candidates, is causing a patient's symptoms.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Case reports in arthropathies less often rely on macroscopy alone[…]. A factor here is that these tend to concentrate on the rarer forms of arthritis […] that require careful differential diagnosis for which the radiological appearance is often critical."
- "2000 August 15, Harry D. McKinnon and Thomas Howard, “Evaluating the Febrile Patient with a Rash”, in American Family Physician, American Academy of Family Physicians, page 804, The differential diagnosis for febrile patients with a rash is extensive."