medical diagnosis - identification of a disease from its symptoms. diagnosing, diagnosis - identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon. differential diagnosis - a systematic method of diagnosing a disorder (e.g., headache) that lacks unique symptoms or signs. medical prognosis, prognosis, prospect - a prediction of the course of a disease. diagnostic procedure, diagnostic technique - a procedure followed in making a medical diagnosis.
Definition: In logic, a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion. Adjective: syllogistic. Here is an example of a valid categorical syllogism: Major premise: All mammals are warm-blooded. Minor premise: All black dogs are mammals. Conclusion: Therefore, all black dogs are warm-blooded. In rhetoric, an abridged or informally stated syllogism is called an enthymeme.
All men are mortal Socrates is a man Therefore, Socrates is mortal. A syllogism (Greek: ÏÏÎ»Î»Î¿Î³Î¹ÏÎ¼ÏÏ syllogismos, conclusion, inference) is a kind of logical argument that applies deductive reasoning to arrive at a conclusion based on two or more propositions that are asserted or assumed to be true.ortal is the major term, Greeks the minor term. The premises also have one term in common with each other, which is known as the middle term; in this example, humans. Both of the premises are universal, as is the conclusion.