differential diagnosis

countable uncountable

(medicine) The process of determining which disease, from a set of possible candidates, is causing a patient's symptoms.

Japanese Meaning

鑑別診断：患者の症状に基づき、複数の可能な疾患から真の原因となる病気を特定する医療診断の過程

The doctor conducted a thorough differential diagnosis to determine which disease among several possibilities was causing the patient's symptoms.

医師は患者の症状を引き起こしている可能性のある複数の疾患の中から原因を特定するため、入念な鑑別診断を行った。

Sense（1）

(medicine) The process of determining which disease, from a set of possible candidates, is causing a patient's symptoms.

Sense（2）

(medicine) A list of possible causes of a primary symptom or a collection of symptoms.

The differential diagnosis for febrile patients with a rash is extensive.

differential diagnoses

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