diagnosis (dI-[schwa]g-noh-sis). 1. The determination of a medical condition (such as a disease) by physical examination or by study of its symptoms. 2. The result of such an examination or study. Cf. PROGNOSIS. clinical diagnosis. A diagnosis from a study of symptoms only. physical diagnosis. A diagnosis from physical examination only.
triple trigger. Insurance. A theory of coverage providing that all insurers on a risk from the day a claimant is first exposed to an injury-producing product (such as asbestos) — beyond the last exposure — to the date of diagnosis or death, whichever occurs first, must cover the loss. — Also termed continuous trigger. Cf.
prognosis (prog-noh-sis). 1. The process of forecasting the probable outcome of a present medical condition (such as a disease). 2. The forecast of such an outcome. Cf. DIAGNOSIS. [Cases: Health 637–640, 906.]
battered-child syndrome. Family law. A constellation of medical and psychological conditions of a child who has suffered continuing injuries that could not be accidental and are therefore presumed to have been inflicted by someone close to the child, usu. a caregiver. • Diagnosis typically results from a radiological finding of distinct bone trauma and persistent
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The right to exclude from discovery and evidence in a legal proceeding any confidential communication that a patient makes to a physician for the purpose of diagnosis or treatment, unless the patient consents to the disclosure. — Also termed patient–physician privilege; physician–patient privilege; physician–client privilege. [Cases: Witnesses 207. C.J.S. Witnesses §§ 341–355.]
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A privilege that a person can invoke to prevent the disclosure of a confidential communication made in the course of diagnosis or treatment of a mental or emotional condition by or at the direction of a psychotherapist. • The privilege can be overcome under certain conditions, as when the examination is ordered by a court.
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toxicology (tok-si-kol-[schwa]-jee). The branch of medicine that concerns poisons, their effects, their recognition, their antidotes, and generally the diagnosis and therapeutics of poisoning; the science of poisons. — toxicological (tok-si-k[schwa]-loj-i-k[schwa]l), adj.