| diagnostics | That part of medicine which has to do with ascertaining the nature of diseases by means of their symptoms or signs. "His rare skill in diagnostics." (Macaulay) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| DNA diagnostics | Identifying foetuses or infants afflicted with hereditary diseases or conditions, and carriers of recessive disorders by means of DNA analysis. See: DNA markers, familial screening, prenatal screening. Synonym: genetic testing. (05 Mar 2000) |