diagnose
/'daiəgnouz/ Cách viết khác : (diagnosticate) /,daiəg'nɔstikeit/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To identify a disease or condition: To determine the nature of a medical problem, especially an illness, by examining the symptoms and signs.
- To analyze the cause of a problem: To identify the nature and cause of a fault or issue in a system, machine, or situation through careful examination.
Examples
- Verb:
- The doctor was able to diagnose the illness quickly.
- The mechanic diagnosed the problem with the car's engine as a faulty fuel pump.
- It is important to diagnose learning difficulties early.
Advanced Usage
- "To diagnose someone with (something)": To formally identify a person as having a specific condition.
- She was diagnosed with asthma as a child.
- "To diagnose something as (something)": To declare the identified nature of a problem.
- The technician diagnosed the network failure as a hardware issue.
Variants and Related Words
- Diagnosis (n): The act of identifying a disease or condition, or the conclusion reached.
- The diagnosis was a common viral infection.
- Diagnostic (adj): Relating to the identification of a disease or problem.
- The doctor performed several diagnostic tests.
- Diagnostician (n): A person who is skilled in making diagnoses, especially a doctor.
Synonyms
- Identify: To recognize or establish the nature of something.
- Pinpoint: To find or identify something precisely.
- Determine: To ascertain or establish exactly.
Related Phrases
- To make a diagnosis: The process of diagnosing.
- It took a week for the team to make a definitive diagnosis.
- Differential diagnosis: The process of distinguishing a particular disease or condition from others that present with similar clinical features.
- The list of possible causes formed a long differential diagnosis.
Verb
- subject to a medical analysis
- determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis