diagnostic technique(n = noun.act) diagnostic procedure - a procedure followed in making a medical diagnosis;
is a kind of procedure, process
is a part of medical diagnosis
has particulars: prenatal diagnosis, cardiography, electrocardiography, echocardiography, echoencephalography, auscultation, roentgenography, x-ray photography, electromyography, mammography, thermography

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