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/
- 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.
