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diagnose

[dahy-uhg-nohs, -nohz, dahy-uhg-nohs, -nohz]

verb (used with object)

to determine the identity of (a disease, illness, etc.) by a medical examination: The doctor diagnosed the illness as influenza.

to ascertain the cause or nature of (a disorder, malfunction, problem, etc.) from the symptoms: The mechanic diagnosed the trouble that caused the engine knock.

to classify or determine on the basis of scientific examination.

verb (used without object)

to make a diagnosis.

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Origin:
1860–65; back formation from diagnosis

Related forms

di·ag·nos·a·ble, adjective

un·der·di·ag·nose, verb (used with object), -nosed, -nos·ing.

un·di·ag·nos·a·ble, adjective

un·di·ag·nosed, adjective

well-di·ag·nosed, adjective

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Your doctor or dentist can almost always diagnose thrush by looking at your mouth and tongue.

Osteopathic doctors look at the patient's entire body to diagnose a problem.

Stress, increasingly given as a reason for being off work, is conveniently hard to diagnose.

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Your doctor or dentist can almost always diagnose thrush by looking at your mouth and tongue.

Osteopathic doctors look at the patient's entire body to diagnose a problem.

Stress, increasingly given as a reason for being off work, is conveniently hard to diagnose.

So far, engineers have been unable to diagnose the problem.

Autism affects people in so many different ways and to such varying degrees that it's hard to diagnose.

Everything else had been named from teeth, skeletons without heads, or otherwise was difficult to diagnose.

Multiple sclerosis is a tricky disease to find and diagnose.

Parkinson's disease can be difficult to diagnose in its early stages.

Trustees worry about colleges' financial health but do not have the tools to diagnose it.

Computers, which can cope with simple rule-based jobs, find it far harder to diagnose a sick patient or design a new aircraft.

Learn the difference between food allergies and intolerances and how to diagnose and manage common food allergies.

Unfortunately, these faults are often transient, and can be hard to diagnose because they do not appear consistently.

If doctors can diagnose it before symptoms develop, they can significantly limit how far it spreads.

The test may help diagnose or confirm an infection with one of these two viruses.

In one-on-one seminars, the young boy learned how to diagnose manic depression and.

Photoacoustic tomography could potentially be used to diagnose women in the doctor's surgery.

One sure way to diagnose the condition of an ecosystem is to check on the big predators.

But a new blood screening test may help doctors diagnose the stealthy disease earlier.

Moreover, babesiosis isn't something you can diagnose by looking at a blood donor.

Psychological evaluation and testing are used to diagnose the cause of the psychosis.

Ambulance personnel often don't know how to diagnose or treat heat stroke on the spot either.

They could also be used to help diagnose diseases in people.

These problems put the team's engineers on the spot to diagnose the issue and devise a solution.

Ehrlich believes epigenetic researchers are better off trying to predict and diagnose cancer and other diseases.

To diagnose hypopituitarism, there must be low hormone levels due to a problem with the pituitary gland.

DOs can diagnose disease and prescribe medication, but they cannot perform surgeries.

Doctors cannot, for example, diagnose it before a patient starts to show symptoms.

The only way to diagnose it is to rule out real illness.

Today's automobiles are equipped with computers that give you directions and diagnose onboard problems.

The best way to diagnose this infection is to do a tape test.

In a nutshell: no one can diagnose you over the internet, so go see a real medical doctor now.

One of its first projects is to design a laser-based gadget that can diagnose the condition of crops.

Men and women who are middle-aged--or older, especially--are quick to diagnose themselves with inevitable dementia.

At first, his doctors were baffled, though they would eventually diagnose his condition as a severe form of anemia.

Laboratory tests are needed to accurately identify and detect the bacteria and diagnose trachoma.

Though the project still has a long way to go, it has already helped develop a test to diagnose the early stages of the disease.

The test does not diagnose illness but urges those at risk to see a qualified mental health professional.

Allison was ordered to diagnose and fix the problem immediately.

Your health care provider can usually diagnose melasma based upon the appearance of your skin.

Researchers are looking for new ways to diagnose and treat both.

Physicians need to know about some of the rarer diseases too, he said, to help diagnose patients who've been traveling and caving.

Your doctor will usually diagnose this condition by examining your tongue.

Doctors will have to change the way they diagnose and treat many diseases.

Physicians are using smart phones to diagnose diseases, check blood cell counts and identify pathogens in drinking water.

There are no simple tests to diagnose prion diseases.

It is possible to diagnose sickle cell anemia during pregnancy.

The firm can also offer to diagnose the health of an engine remotely.

So please remember, to fight cancer you have to diagnose and treat it as early as you can.

Genetic tests can predict how well someone will respond to a medication and diagnose inherited diseases.

Your doctor can usually diagnose a port wine stain by looking at the skin.

The discovery of phi may help diagnose and treat autism and schizophrenia, diseases in which social interactions prove difficult.

The doctor may diagnose gangrene from a physical examination.

Your health care provider will usually diagnose this condition by looking at your skin.

Your doctor can usually diagnose this condition by looking at your skin and clothing.

Lab tests cannot diagnose aortic insufficiency, but they may be used to rule out other disorders or causes.

Your health care provider can usually diagnose jock itch based on how your skin looks.

Your health care provider can usually diagnose pityriasis rosea by the way the rash looks.

In addition, doctors may be unfamiliar with how to diagnose the condition.

It can also be used to diagnose problems in the eye or to determine how well treatment is working.

The health care provider can usually diagnose a boil based on how it looks.

Your physician can usually diagnose rosacea with a thorough medical history and physical exam.

It is unclear whether this is due to an increasing rate of the illness or an increased ability to diagnose the illness.

Osteopenia is more difficult to diagnose in premature infants than in adults.

Usually, a diagnose of xanthoma can be made by looking at your skin.

Your physician can usually diagnose acanthosis nigricans by simply looking at your skin.

Because this disease has different forms, no one test can firmly diagnose it.

Bronchoscopy is a test to view the airways and diagnose lung disease.

In many cases it is possible to diagnose ectodermal dysplasia while the baby is still in the womb.

There are no specific laboratory tests that diagnose tamponade.

It may also be used along with other tests to diagnose lead poisoning and certain nervous system and skin disorders.

It is a screening test, which means it cannot be used to diagnose a specific disorder.

Often, blood aldosterone levels are combined with other tests to diagnose over- or under-production of the hormone.

The patents cover antibody-based agents that it is developing to diagnose and treat cancer.

It's the latest example of scientists using cellphones to help diagnose diseases remotely.

Then, ask the students if they found it easy or difficult to diagnose the ailment.

The known bones are so hard to properly diagnose that they seem more likely to confuse than enlighten.

As pathologists help doctors diagnose breast cancer at an earlier, more survivable stage, the potential for mistakes has grown.

Tiny devices may soon perform surgery, administer drugs and help diagnose disease.

To diagnose what was wrong with her heart, he stimulated the.

Teach students how to diagnose problems starting in kindergarten and then give them the knowledge to get better at.

It could be used to help diagnose disease, develop new drugs and maybe even discover life on other planets.

Doctors often rely on family histories and thorough questioning about symptoms and exposure to allergens to diagnose asthma.

Tests using floating nucleic acids could diagnose disease, monitor pregnancy and weed.

They are used to help diagnose the cause of anemia, a condition in which there are too.

Helping users quickly diagnose their strengths and weaknesses.

Whites can still oust them by learning to write better codes, diagnose illness better or make better.

Nor has there been any change in how dermatologists diagnose melanoma.

These are mixed episodes and one reason that bipolar is so hard to diagnose.

However one must diagnose the problem correctly before proposing any solution.

Proteus executives have compared their system to the electronics that help mechanics diagnose problems in cars.

Newly available tests allow doctors to diagnose accurately mild heart attacks that might otherwise go undetected.

The campus disability people will not be able to diagnose anything.

It follows that if you wanted to diagnose genetic disease or clone the source, you wouldn't get any further than with a mugshot.

In pursuit of an iPhone-size tool to monitor cancer and diagnose malaria.

It can be hard to diagnose appendicitis in young children, the elderly, and women of childbearing age.

But their faults, unlike those in software, were fairly easy to diagnose and repair.

When psychologists diagnose bipolar disorder, they typically look for mood swings between agitated mania and bleak depression.

The doctor will diagnose that condition based on a family history, medical history, and physical exam.

The pocket processor then uses this data to reconstruct body motion and diagnose trouble spots.

Lemov himself pushed for data-driven programs that would diagnose individual students' strengths and weaknesses.

If a service light begins to shine, an adviser can diagnose the problem by sending a query to the onboard engine-control computer.

Recognizing these patterns can help us diagnose disease more efficiently and prescribe medications more effectively.

It will diagnose its own ills and even brief ground maintenance crews before it returns from a mission.

Accordingly, it was difficult for physicians to diagnose a myxoma.

Being a doctor one should have good communication skills to diagnose patients illness.

So we'll probably be able to diagnose it after a year or two.

It is unethical and impossible to diagnose someone from a distance.

The finding may some day help doctors diagnose and treat some cases of the disease.

The frequencies of brain waves can reveal abnormal patterns that help doctors diagnose epileptic seizures, coma, or brain death.

Caloric stimulation is a test that uses differences in temperature to diagnose damage to the ear or brainstem.

To test their mettle, he gives all three interns a chance to diagnose a separate delicate case.

The cancer is difficult to diagnose and is usually fatal.

Until recently, nothing could be done to diagnose when an awake mind was entombed inside a damaged.

The tests help diagnose and treat joint-related problems.

We diagnose depression by asking questions and having folks rate their feelings.

In addition, the following tests and procedures may be used to diagnose gangrene:.

Quayle's doctors did not diagnose his condition immediately.

Stool samples can be tested by any of several methods to diagnose the condition.

If necessary, tests that may help diagnose the problem include:.

It may be possible to diagnose people who carry the abnormal gene.

With the discovery of the gene, doctors should now be able to diagnose the disease.

By all means, let's diagnose and medicate students who really need.

Physicians cannot treat childhood psychiatric disorders if they aren't trained to diagnose them.

Burrascano failed to diagnose or treat them properly or to follow up adequately on their conditions.

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World English Dictionary

diagnose (ˈdaɪəɡˌnəʊz)

—vb
1.	to determine or distinguish by diagnosis
2.	(tr) to examine (a person or thing), as for a disease

diag'nosable

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

diagnose

1861, back formation from diagnosis. Related: Diagnosed.

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Medical Dictionary

diagnose di·ag·nose (dī'əg-nōs', -nōz')
v. di·ag·nosed, di·ag·nos·ing, di·ag·nos·es
To make a diagnosis.

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