diagnosis
noun/ˌdaɪəɡˈnəʊsɪs/
/ˌdaɪəɡˈnəʊsɪs/
[countable, uncountable] (plural diagnoses
/ˌdaɪəɡˈnəʊsiːz/
/ˌdaɪəɡˈnəʊsiːz/
)- diagnosis (of something) the act of discovering or identifying the exact cause of an illness or a problem
- a diagnosis of lung cancer
- They are waiting for the doctor's diagnosis.
- An accurate diagnosis was made after a series of tests.
- They are using new methods of diagnosis.
Extra ExamplesTopics Healthcarec1- Further tests have confirmed the diagnosis.
- Patients may suffer from some of the symptoms years before diagnosis.
- The doctor cannot give a diagnosis without knowing the full medical history.
- Without the results of the blood test, the doctor could only make a tentative diagnosis.
- clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia
- the diagnosis of the disease
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- accurate
- correct
- right
- …
- establish
- give
- make
- …
- after diagnosis
- before diagnosis
- diagnosis of
- …
- a method of diagnosis
Word Originlate 17th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek, from diagignōskein ‘distinguish, discern’, from dia ‘apart’ + gignōskein ‘recognize, know’.Definitions on the go
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