diagnose - Definition from the HOSPITAL topic - MEDICINE

Topic: HOSPITAL

Date:	1800-1900
Origin:	diagnosis

diagnose
verb

di‧ag‧nose See pronunciation table in "How to use dictionary" pages

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[transitive]

MH to find out what illness someone has, or what the cause of a fault is, after doing tests, examinations etc

diagnose somebody as (having) something

British English

Joe struggled in school before he was diagnosed as dyslexic.

diagnose something as something

British English

The illness was diagnosed as mumps.

diagnose somebody with something

British English

She was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Definition of diagnose from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within
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