caseness
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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/
- 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, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2021; “caseness, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
