verb

• 1Identify the nature of (an illness or other problem) by examination of the symptoms.

  ‘two doctors failed to diagnose a punctured lung’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Doctors usually diagnose the disease after studying the symptoms, and excluding other possible causes.’
  • ‘The surgeon diagnoses the problem by barium enema or a colonoscopy and schedules surgery.’
  • ‘Generally speaking, a team that includes both a speech therapist and surgeon working together best diagnoses these problems.’
  • ‘I was very fortunate to be in the care of the doctor who diagnosed Addison's disease when he came to visit me at home.’
  • ‘Take time to find out about the tests and procedures that will help your doctor diagnose cancer.’
  • ‘This manual is used by mental health care providers to diagnose psychiatric illnesses.’
  • ‘Doctors usually diagnose the disease after studying the symptoms, and excluding other possible causes.’
  • ‘Although acute appendicitis is usually diagnosed clinically, plain abdominal radiographs and contrast enema may be utilized.’
  • ‘The disease is usually diagnosed at an early age and patients have multiple primary sites.’
  • ‘For many of the leading illnesses diagnosed by office-based physicians, prescribing patterns must be adjusted to minimize antibiotic resistance.’
  • ‘Infection is diagnosed more accurately by serum antibody tests or molecular polymerase chain reactions.’
  • ‘His GP correctly diagnosed the condition during a check up.’
  • ‘Symptoms can be treated best if the disease is diagnosed early.’
  • ‘In his mid-twenties he had a breakdown, diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenic.’
  • ‘A cyst can be diagnosed by a breast ultrasound.’
  • ‘Raynaud phenomenon is diagnosed either by physical examination or by eliciting a specific clinical history.’
  • ‘Toxoplasmosis usually is diagnosed on the basis of antibody detection.’
  • ‘The majority of pulmonary TB cases continue to be diagnosed at an advanced stage.’
  • ‘If there is pus on the tonsils then the condition can properly be diagnosed as tonsillitis.’
  • ‘That's why it is important that your condition is diagnosed as early as possible.’
  • ‘The clinical data and histologic diagnoses for each patient are listed in Table 1.’
  • ‘Other diagnoses included sepsis, liver failure, neurological dysfunction, and recent cardiopulmonary arrest.’

  Synonyms

  identify, determine, distinguish, recognize, discover, spot, detect, pinpoint

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  1. 1.1Identify the nature of the medical condition of.
     ‘she was finally diagnosed as having epilepsy’
     More example sentences

     • ‘20,000 men are diagnosed with skin cancer every year’
     • ‘Would this woman have been given such advice if her unborn child was not diagnosed as having the condition?’
     • ‘Pollyanna was just six weeks old when she was diagnosed as having the condition.’
     • ‘George was diagnosed with the potentially deadly condition days after his second birthday.’
     • ‘After a series of tests she was diagnosed with Parkinson's and given various drugs to find the right mix for her.’
     • ‘You've just turned 60, and have been newly diagnosed with prostate cancer.’
     • ‘The American Cancer Society estimated that approximately 198,000 men were newly diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2001.’
     • ‘However, three trials have shown the drug is highly effective in women newly diagnosed with breast cancer.’
     • ‘To be included, patients had to be diagnosed clinically by the physician as having a lower respiratory tract infection.’
     • ‘In fact, 64 percent of the patients surveyed were initially diagnosed by their primary-care doctor.’
     • ‘Four patients were diagnosed clinically as having an acute chest syndrome.’
     • ‘Hence, only one fourth of the patients are diagnosed correctly at the time of surgery.’
     • ‘Gemma was first diagnosed with lymphoblastic leukaemia in January 2001.’
     • ‘Will a person who is wrongly diagnosed with a mental illness be covered by this?’
     • ‘At the same time, children diagnosed with ADHD may have some things in common.’
     • ‘Paranoia mushroomed into madness for Nash and eventually he was diagnosed as schizophrenic.’
     • ‘Ros was diagnosed as autistic when very young, some thirty or so years ago.’
     • ‘The couple's eight-year-old daughter Chloe was diagnosed with a brain tumour in October.’
     • ‘A number wondered if they had been harmed by not being diagnosed earlier.’
     • ‘Women who are diagnosed at an early stage do much better than women who are diagnosed later.’
     • ‘Her career was just taking off when she was diagnosed at the age of 35.’