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diagnose Definition

di·ag·nose (dī′əg nōs′, -nōz′; dī′əg nōs′, -nōz′)

transitive verb, intransitive verb -·nosed′, -·nos′·ing

  1. to make a diagnosis of (a disease, a problem, etc.)
  2. to identify a disease, condition, etc. in (a patient) they diagnosed him as having mumps

Etymology: back-form. < diagnosis

diagnose Related Forms

di′·ag·nos′·able adjective

diagnose Usage Examples

Object

  • epilepsy: The difficulties of diagnosing epilepsy Epilepsy can be difficult to diagnose in anyone.
  • fault: A description of the problem you are having will also help to diagnose the fault.
  • diabetes: A diabetic register can only contain those with diagnosed diabetes.
  • osteoporosis: Currently, the most accurate way to diagnose osteoporosis is by a DEXA scan.
  • diabetic: Eight days earlier he'd had a heart attack; now he was hospitalized and diagnosed diabetic.
  • patient: Patients: newly diagnosed patients up to 65 years with a matched sibling donor.

Subject

practitioner: Booking is easy Before booking it is very important that you get your symptoms diagnosed by a medical practitioner or doctor.

Preposition: as

diabetic: By the Xmas 98 I had strange numb feelings in my feet, come May 99 I was diagnosed as a diabetic.

Adjective complement

  • HIV-positive: People diagnosed HIV-positive take these drugs indefinitely, which increases the risks of adverse effects significantly.
  • schizophrenic: After being physically and verbally abused and drugged, the man had been diagnosed as schizophrenic.
  • autistic: At 18 months she was diagnosed very severely autistic.
  • dyslexic: He had been diagnosed as dyslexic at the age of 9 and had this verified in his first year at University.

Modifying Another Word

newly: Patients: newly diagnosed patients up to 65 years with a matched sibling donor.

Preposition: with

  • schizophrenia: As the mother of a son recently diagnosed with schizophrenia said, There is that ongoing grieving for the person that he was.. .
  • cancer: Nearly 7,000 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer each year in the UK.
  • leukemia: During routine checks, Lloyd was diagnosed with leukemia.
  • autism: But when their youngest child is diagnosed with autism their marriage starts to unravel at great speed.
  • mesothelioma: The majority of people diagnosed with mesothelioma are innocent victims who were exposed to asbestos during the course of their working life.
  • diabetes: I have chosen to swim in support of RNIB because my mom was diagnosed with diabetes in January 2003.

Preposition: by

practitioner: Booking is easy Before booking it is very important that you get your symptoms diagnosed by a medical practitioner or doctor.