Break down the medical word into its word parts, and give the meaning of each word part. Then give the definition of the medical word.

Diagnosis


Definition: Identification of a person’s pathology or condition determined through assessment and laboratory studies. The term technically means “through knowledge.”
Prefix and definition: dia-, “through”
Suffix and definition: -gnosis, “knowledge”

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