Talk:differential diagnosis

RFV discussion
Rfv-sense: This definition roughly defines "diagnosis", not "differential diagnosis". The current first two definitions should be merged or replaced with a proper definition. The third definition seems okay.
 * The process by which a physician produces a diagnosis that explains a patient's symptoms.

I am not sure whether this belongs to rfv-sense or rfd-sense, and why. --Dan Polansky 10:14, 14 November 2009 (UTC)


 * This seems like an example of an entry that needs to be upgraded to be fully worthy of a professional dictionary. I don't know what the canons of definition would say about the appropriate number of senses, the need to differentiate process from result, countable from uncountable, general from specific or multi-specific, and similar issues.
 * The fora seem to be WT:TR and the ones to be generated by for topical attention. Cites might help but are not the core of the problem. Cleanup seems to mostly suitable for lower-level issues. Perhaps we could use a new set of semi-diagnostic tags and a new page for "advanced" entry improvement. But I think we really need some more thought on the specific details of writing definitions as opposed to mere glosses or synonyms. DCDuring TALK 16:00, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

RFV failed, sense removed. —Ruakh TALK 00:58, 4 September 2010 (UTC)