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.
Syllogism is defined as logical reasoning where you arrive at a conclusion by looking at two other premises or ideas. If you know all squares are rectangles and all rectangles are shapes, and you deduce from this that all squares are shapes; this is an example of syllogism. syllogism. syllogism.