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Unread Oct 17th, 2007, 05:17 pm
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Default Re: Diagnosis/diagnostic test

They are both correct but different.

Diagnosis is the naming of a disease by a doctor given the signs and symptoms.

A diagnostic test is a test the hospital runs to get the information they need to make a diagnosis or rule out a diagnosis.

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