differential diagnosis

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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The process of determining which disease, from a set of possible candidates, is causing a patient's symptoms. countable,uncountable
    — 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.
  2. A list of possible causes of a primary symptom or a collection of symptoms. countable,uncountable
    — 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.

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