caseness
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From case (“instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms”) + -ness (suffix forming nouns denoting measures, qualities, or states).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈkeɪsnɪs/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Hyphenation: case‧ness
Noun
[edit]caseness (usually uncountable, plural casenesses)
- (chiefly psychiatry) The state of accepted standardized diagnostic criteria for a given condition applying to a given patient, or the degree to which they are so applicable. [from 1960s]
Translations
[edit]state of accepted standardized diagnostic criteria for a given condition applying to a given patient, or the degree to which they are so applicable
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References
[edit]- ^ “caseness, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2021; “caseness, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
