"differential diagnosis" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: differential diagnoses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~|differential diagnoses}} differential diagnosis (countable and uncountable, plural differential diagnoses)
  1. (medicine) The process of determining which disease, from a set of possible candidates, is causing a patient's symptoms. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine Related terms: nonspecific, when you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras Translations (process of diagnosis from a set of candidates): diferenciální diagnóza [feminine] (Czech), erotusdiagnostiikka (Finnish), differenciáldiagnózis (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-differential_diagnosis-en-noun-7lwTT9HW Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'process of diagnosis from a set of candidates': 82 18
  2. (medicine) A list of possible causes of a primary symptom or a collection of symptoms. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (list of possible causes): differentiële diagnose [feminine] (Dutch), erotusdiagnoosi (Finnish), diagnosis banding (Indonesian), diagnosis diferensial (Indonesian), diagnosis pembanding (Indonesian)
    Sense id: en-differential_diagnosis-en-noun-xqFRJokY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'list of possible causes': 26 74

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