This was pretty much the best of all possible diagnosis.

Both may be useful in determining or refuting a possible diagnosis.

People outside the family, however, are not told about the baby's possible diagnosis - "I don't think it's anybody's business," says the mother.

When a doctor so much as mentions a possible diagnosis, many patients rush to their computers to learn more about it.

Finally, a "possible" diagnosis is made when the patient has only some of the characteristics of a disease are present, but not all.

Costochondritis is also considered as a possible diagnosis for adults who have chest pain.

The disease wasn't on our original list of possible diagnoses, but it should have been.

Obviously it was a significant find- ing, one that immediately suggested a possible diagnosis.

I began to sort out the possible diagnoses and how I might treat them.

A question mark is used in English medical notes to suggest a possible diagnosis.