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Diagnose

//ˈdaɪ.əɡˌnoʊs// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To determine which disease is causing a sick person's signs and symptoms; to find the diagnosis. transitive
  2. 2
    determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis wordnet
  3. 3
    To determine the cause of a problem. broadly

    "But in the early days of the scheme the new machines created some problems for the fitters, who found them over-complex and their faults hard to diagnose after many years' experience of small, simple steam locomotives."

  4. 4
    subject to a medical analysis wordnet

Etymology

Back-formation from diagnosis. Compare also sclerose (verb).

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