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| SYLLABICATION: | di�ag�nose |
| PRONUNCIATION: | � �d   g-n s , -nz |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: di�ag�nosed, di�ag�nos�ing, di�ag�nos�es
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To distinguish or identify (a disease, for example) by diagnosis. 2. To identify (a person) as having a particular disease or condition by means of a diagnosis. 3. To analyze the nature or cause of: diagnose the reasons for an economic downturn. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To make a diagnosis. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Back-formation from diagnosis. | | OTHER FORMS: | diag�nosa�ble �ADJECTIVE
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