differential diagnosis

1. 1.

   a systematic method of diagnosing a disorder (e.g., headache) that lacks unique symptoms or signs

   Broadermedical diagnosis

Questions about differential diagnosis

What does differential diagnosis mean?

differential diagnosis means "a systematic method of diagnosing a disorder (e.g., headache) that lacks unique symptoms or signs".

Is differential diagnosis a common word?

differential diagnosis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.