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diagnostic

[dahy-uhg-nos-tik] / ˌdaɪ əgˈnɒs tɪk /


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Researchers say that skewed ratio may be self-perpetuating: Because more boys are thought to have autism, diagnostic tools are biased toward boys’ autistic traits.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

Researchers at LLE helped develop and maintain the improved diagnostic equipment that made those measurements possible.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

In a previous email to management in 2014, Bradnam expressed concern the hospital's diagnostic team was being "pressured" into installing high-value imaging equipment before the building was complete.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

In a statement, Coolmore said Nysos is sound and uninjured but “the decision was made following a routine diagnostic evaluation that revealed subtle imaging changes on a scan.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

He was a traditionally trained doctor, but he also believed in things Charles thought were nonsense, such as diagnostic clairvoyance and spiritualism.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

In April 2027, UChicago Medicine will open the AbbVie Foundation Cancer Pavilion, Chicago's first freestanding cancer pavilion, to bring advanced diagnostics, innovative treatments, translational discoveries, and comprehensive support to patients and the community.

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

The industry saw a large private-equity deal earlier this year, when Blackstone and TPG took women’s-health diagnostics company Hologic private in April in a deal valued up to $18.3 billion, including debt.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

“AI-driven drug discovery, clinical development and diagnostics are beginning to improve productivity across the sector, while life science tools appear to be emerging from a multiyear destocking cycle.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

Synthetic DNA is essential for many areas of modern science and medicine, including diagnostics, genome engineering, and cancer research.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

Perhaps I was nothing more than a victim of modern diagnostics; in another century it would have been said of me that I was old and therefore losing my mind.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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