The process of identifying an illness or problem by examining medical evidence is known as what?

• A. Diagnosis
• B. Hypothesis
• C. Control
• D. Antibiotic

Answer: (A)

Identifying an illness by evaluating medical evidence is called diagnosis. It involves looking at signs, symptoms, medical history, and test results to determine which condition best explains what a patient is experiencing. For example, a combination of chest pain, abnormal heart tests, and imaging can lead to a diagnosis of a heart attack. The other options aren’t about determining what illness a patient has: a hypothesis is an educated guess about a possible explanation, control refers to managing variables in an experiment, and an antibiotic is a medication used to treat bacterial infections, not the process of identifying the illness.