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di·ag·nose
(dī′əg-nōs′, -nōz′)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.]
di′ag·nos′a·ble adj.
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diagnose
(ˈdaɪəɡˌnəʊz)vb
1. (Medicine) to determine or distinguish by diagnosis
2. (Medicine) (tr) to examine (a person or thing), as for a disease
ˌdiagˈnosable, ˌdiagˈnoseable adj
ˌdiagˌnosaˈbility n
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di•ag•nose
(ˈdaɪ əgˌnoʊs, -ˌnoʊz, ˌdaɪ əgˈnoʊs, -ˈnoʊz)v. -nosed, -nos•ing. v.t.
1. to determine the identity of (a disease, illness, etc.) by a medical examination.
2. to ascertain the cause or nature of (a disorder or problem) from the symptoms.
v.i. 3. to make a diagnosis.
[1860–65; back formation from diagnosis]
di`ag•nos′a•ble, adj.
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diagnose
Past participle: diagnosed
Gerund: diagnosing
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| Verb | 1. | 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 |
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diagnose
verb identify, determine, recognize, distinguish, interpret, pronounce, pinpoint The doctor diagnosed schizophrenia.
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Translations
يُشَخِّص المَرَض
určit diagnózu
diagnosticere
diagnózist megállapít
sjúkdómsgreina
diagnozėdiagnozuoti
diagnosticētnoteikt diagnozi
stanoviť diagnózu
določiti bolezen
teşhis koymak/etmek
diagnose
[ˈdaɪəgnəʊz] VT (Med, fig) → diagnosticarshe was diagnosed with cancer → le diagnosticaron (un) cáncer
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
diagnose
[ˈdaɪəgnəʊz] vt [doctor] [+ disease] → diagnostiquer
to be diagnosed as sth [+ person]
She was diagnosed as epileptic → On l'a diagnostiquée comme épileptique.; [+ illness]
Her illness was diagnosed as cancer → Sa maladie a été diagnostiquée comme étant le cancer.
to be diagnosed as sth [+ person]
She was diagnosed as epileptic → On l'a diagnostiquée comme épileptique.; [+ illness]
Her illness was diagnosed as cancer → Sa maladie a été diagnostiquée comme étant le cancer.
(= identify) → identifier
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
diagnose
vt (Med, fig) → diagnostizieren
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diagnose
[ˈdaɪəgnəuz] vt → diagnosticareit was diagnosed as bronchitis → hanno diagnosticato una bronchite
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
diagnose
(daiəgˈnouz) , ((American) -ˈnous) verb to say what is wrong (with a sick person etc) after making an examination; to identify (an illness etc). The doctor diagnosed her illness as flu.
ˌdiagˈnosis (-sis) – plural diagˈnoses (-siːz) – noun a conclusion reached by diagnosing. What diagnosis did the doctor make?
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
di·ag·nose
vt. diagnosticar, dar un diagnóstico, hacer un diagnóstico o diagnosis.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
diagnose
vt diagnosticarEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.