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di·ag·nose  (dg-ns, -nz)
v. di·ag·nosed, di·ag·nos·ing, di·ag·nos·es
v.tr.
1. To distinguish or identify (a disease, for example) by diagnosis.
2. To identify (a person) as having a particular disease or condition by means of a diagnosis.
3. To analyze the nature or cause of: diagnose the reasons for an economic downturn.
v.intr.
To make a diagnosis.

[Back-formation from diagnosis.]

diag·nosa·ble adj.

diagnose
Verb
[-nosing, -nosed] to determine by diagnosis
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.diagnose - determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
analyse, analyze, examine, study, canvass, canvas - consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives"
explore - examine minutely
2.diagnose - subject to a medical analysis
practice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard"
analyse, analyze, examine, study, canvass, canvas - consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives"
explore - examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes

diagnose
Translations
Spanish diagnose [ˈdaɪəgnəuz] vtdiagnosticar
French diagnose [daɪəgˈnəuz] vtdiagnostiquer
German diagnose [daɪəgˈnəuz] vtdiagnostizieren
Italian diagnose [daɪəgˈnəuz] vtdiagnosticare

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"I may be a baby," said the Mouse, gravely, as he passed outward through the forest of shins, "but I know tolerably well how to diagnose a volcano.
I cannot diagnose your disorder off-hand--to- morrow, perhaps.
"I can diagnose the case more bluntly if you wish," he retorted.
 
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