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Recent Examples on the Web Physicians and historians of medicine have long bickered over a differential diagnosis of Tiny Tim’s unspecified illness, with guesses ranging from cerebral palsy to rickets to renal tubal acidosis. — Natalie Shure, The New Republic, 20 Dec. 2021 Multiple sclerosis is often diagnosed by ruling out other conditions; physicians are then able to form a differential diagnosis of what is causing the symptoms. — Jack Guy, CNN, 11 Aug. 2021 Medically speaking, even in a pandemic, ball pain demands attention because of the vast differential diagnosis that includes threats to life or limb. — Robert Lurvey, Wired, 8 Apr. 2020 The differential diagnosis varies from worrisome possibilities such as a UTI, to diabetes or even a spinal cord injury or infection. — Daniel R. Taylor, Philly.com, 1 June 2018

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“Differential diagnosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/differential%20diagnosis. Accessed 26 May. 2022.

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