diagnose has definitions from the field of medicine
1
[ verb ] determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis

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name

Used in print

(Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)

( He explained that he could diagnose these ailments from squeezing her foot because all_of the nervous_system was connected to it . )

Carroll diagnosed Mrs._Hull by taking a drop of blood from her ear and putting it on his `` radionic '' machine and twirling some knobs ( fee $ 50 ) .

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2
[ verb ] (medicine) subject to an analysis; usually used in a medical context

Used in print

(Raymond J. Corsini et al., Roleplaying in Business...)

We may say that his problem was diagnosed but that he refused treatment .

Related terms

analyze explore medicine

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