Identifying

Identifying

Identifying (/aɪˈdɛntɪfaɪɪŋ/) is the process of establishing or indicating who or what (someone or something) is. The term is often used in the medical field to refer to the process of diagnosing or determining a particular disease or condition.

Etymology

The term "identifying" originates from the Latin word "identificare", which means "to make to resemble". It was first used in the English language in the 1640s.

Related Terms

• Diagnosis: The process of determining which disease or condition explains a person's symptoms and signs.
• Symptom: A physical or mental feature which is regarded as indicating a condition of disease, particularly such a feature that is apparent to the patient.
• Sign: Any objective evidence of a disease, as opposed to a symptom, which is, by nature, subjective.
• Disease: A particular abnormal condition that negatively affects the structure or function of all or part of an organism, and that is not due to any immediate external injury.
• Condition: A state of health, whether normal or not.
• Medical History: Information gained by a physician by asking specific questions, either of the patient or of other people who know the person and can give suitable information, with the aim of obtaining information useful in formulating a diagnosis and providing medical care to the patient.

See Also

• Medical Diagnosis
• Medical Examination
• Medical Test

External links

• Medical encyclopedia article on Identifying
• Wikipedia's article - Identifying

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