Noun

(diagnoses)

(medicine) The identification of the nature and cause of an illness.

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The identification of the nature and cause of something (of any nature).

* Compton Reade

The quick eye for effects, the clear diagnosis of men's minds, and the love of epigram.

* J. Payn

My diagnosis of his character proved correct.

(taxonomy) A written description of a species or other taxon serving to distinguish that species from all others. Especially, a description written in Latin and published.

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The repeated exposure, over decades, to most taxa here treated has resulted in repeated modifications of both diagnoses and discussions, as initial ideas of the various taxa underwent—often repeated—conceptual modification.

Noun

(en noun)

That which is deducted; that which is subtracted or removed

A sum that can be removed from tax calculations; something that is written off

You might want to donate the old junk and just take the deduction .

(logic) A process of reasoning that moves from the general to the specific, in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises presented, so that the conclusion cannot be false if the premises are true.

A conclusion; that which is deduced, concluded or figured out

He arrived at the deduction that the butler didn't do it.

The ability or skill to deduce or figure out; the power of reason

Through his powers of deduction , he realized that the plan would never work.