diagnosis

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• IPA ^(key): /daɪəɡˈnəʊsɪs/

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Noun

Singular diagnosis

Plural diagnoses

1. (countable) (medicine) A diagnosis is the naming of your disease, injury, or other problem, usually by a doctor.

   It took a long time, but she finally got a diagnosis of depression.

2. (uncountable) (medicine) Diagnosis is the doctor's process of identifying an medical problem.

   The doctor's diagnosis was complicated by a number of other problems.

Related words

• diagnose