diagnosticando

Diagnosticando is the gerund of the Spanish verb diagnosticar, meaning the act of diagnosing. It refers to the ongoing process of determining the nature and cause of a patient’s symptoms or of a fault in a system. The term is used to describe an action in progress rather than a concluded result.

In medical contexts, diagnosticando covers gathering patient history, physical examination, and the use of laboratory tests, imaging, and other investigations. It involves forming a differential diagnosis and guiding subsequent decisions, tests, and treatments. The final diagnosis may be reached after the process is completed or revised as new information becomes available.

Beyond medicine, diagnosticando is used in veterinary care, engineering, information technology, and automotive diagnostics to describe the active process of identifying problems through diagnostic tests and analysis.

Because diagnosticando denotes an ongoing process, it is important to distinguish it from the established diagnosis. In clinical documentation, precise terminology helps communicate the level of certainty and the next steps in management. See also: diagnosis, differential diagnosis.