differential diagnosis

== English == === Noun === differential diagnosis (countable and uncountable, plural differential diagnoses) (medicine) The process of determining which disease, from a set of possible candidates, is causing a patient's symptoms. (medicine) A list of possible causes of a primary symptom or a collection of symptoms. 2000 August 15, Harry D. McKinnon and Thomas Howard, “Evaluating the Febrile Patient with a Rash”, in American Family Physician, American Academy of Family Physicians, page 804, The differential diagnosis for febrile patients with a rash is extensive. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== nonspecific when you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras