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diagnose definition

di·ag·nose (dī′əg nōs′, -nōz′; dī′əg nōs′, -nōz′)

transitive verb, intransitive verb diagnosed -·nosed′, diagnosing -·nos′·ing

  1. to make a diagnosis of (a disease, a problem, etc.)
  2. to identify a disease, condition, etc. in (a patient) they diagnosed him as having mumps

Etymology: back-form. < diagnosis

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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