Diagnosis Meaning

/daɪəɡˈnəʊsɪs/
B2

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nounThe process of, or an instance of, identification of the nature and cause of a medical condition or illness.

nounThe process of, or an instance of, identification of the nature and cause of something (of any nature).

You must leave diagnosis to your doctor.
Avian medicine - diagnosis and treatment of illnesses.
The test is designed to aid in the diagnosis of various diseases.
CEFR Practice Quiz
After several tests, the doctor delivered the ____ of multiple sclerosis to the worried patient.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
You must leave ____ to your doctor.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δια- (dia-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider. Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō Ancient Greek γῐγνώσκω (gĭgnṓskō) Ancient Greek δῐαγῐγνώσκω (dĭagĭgnṓskō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́γνωσῐς (dĭắgnōsĭs)der. Latin diagnōsisder. English diagnosis From Latin diagnōsis, from Ancient Greek διάγνωσις (diágnōsis), from διαγιγνώσκω (diagignṓskō, “to discern”), from διά (diá, “through”) + γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “to know”).

"In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance." — 2012 January 26, Philip E. Mirowski, “Harms to Health from the Pursuit of Profits”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 04 Apr 2012, page 87:
"In 1995, 2% of schizophrenia diagnoses in the country were associated with cannabis use disorder. In 2000, it increased to around 4%. Since 2010, that figure increased to 8%, the study found." — 2021 July 22, Katie Hunt, “Schizophrenia linked to marijuana use disorder is on the rise, study finds”, in CNN:
"The quick eye for effects, the clear diagnosis of men's minds, and the love of epigram." — 1887, Charles L. Reade, Compton Reade, Charles Reade, Dramatist, Novelist, Journalist: A Memoir:
"My diagnosis of his character proved correct." — 1887, James Payn, Glow-worm tales:
"The repeated exposure, over decades, to most taxa here treated has resulted in repeated modifications of both diagnoses and discussions, as initial ideas of the various taxa underwent—often repeated—conceptual modification." — 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page viii:

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CEFR Practice Quiz
After several tests, the doctor delivered the ____ of multiple sclerosis to the worried patient.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
You must leave ____ to your doctor.

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