diagnostic instrument
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdiagnosticandinstrument
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diagnostic
adjective
uk/ˌdaɪ.əɡˈnɒs.tɪk/us/ˌdaɪ.əɡˈnɑː.stɪk/
medicalspecialized
identifying a particular illness using a combination of signs ...
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instrument
noun[C]
uk/ˈɪn.strə.mənt/us/ˈɪn.strə.mənt/
an object, such as a piano, guitar, or drum, that is played to produce ...
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It should be borne in mind that the scale is a screen for depressive symptoms rather than adiagnosticinstrument.
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The strengths of our study include a relatively large sample of panic disorder probands and the use of a rigorousdiagnosticinstrument.
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Because this was a one-phase survey in which both the questionnaire in question and the gold standarddiagnosticinstrumentwere administered to all the participating subjects, no weighting was required.
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It is always possible that the symptoms of depression assessed by a differentdiagnosticinstrumentor a different set of depression indicators altogether might reveal a critical discontinuity.
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Different instruments have been used to diagnose dementia, with many studies using a screening rather than adiagnosticinstrumentand different criteria were used to confirm the diagnosis of dementia.
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The advantage of the latter is that the electrons under such conditions serve also as adiagnosticinstrument for investigation of produced strong macroscopic fields in the crystal.
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From early in its development, researchers have shown it to be an extremely sophisticateddiagnosticinstrument.
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It is adiagnosticinstrumentfor assessing the performance of the laws affecting the telecom sector and the various government entities responsible for implementation.
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Clinician-investigators are in the best position to devise behavioral diagnostic instruments in order to identify children at high risk for autism.
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Hamilton maintained that his scale should not be used as adiagnosticinstrument.
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Screening tools are not diagnostic instruments and merely indicate that cognitive impairment or depression may be present.
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Since our measures were not clinical diagnostic instruments, however, care must be used in moving from the level of depressive symptoms to a clinical diagnosis.
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Thus, diagnostic instruments can be focused on the wire cross point region and many kinds of diagnostics can be used.
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The nature of screening tools is that they tend to be less comprehensive, requiring less time and experience to administer than diagnostic instruments.
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A keratometer is adiagnosticinstrumentfor measuring the curvature of the anterior surface of the cornea, particularly for assessing the extent and axis of astigmatism.
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Differences in diagnostic instruments, as well as the populations sampled may partly explain these differences in estimates.
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This paper will also review a number of recently developed diagnostic instruments (short, concise and structured inventories) which can assist clinicians in the identification of patients with delirium.
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The use of a symptom-level measure of depressed mood allows us to cast a wider net than do studies relying upon diagnostic instruments, which entails both advantages and disadvantages.
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