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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
diagnosis
/daɪəɡˈnəʊsɪs/
noun1 of 2
a judgment by a doctor about a person’s illness
- “He exhibited a number of behaviors typical of his diagnosis.”Tatoeba
- “You must leave the diagnosis to your doctor.”Tatoeba
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verb2 of 2
(by extension) To determine the cause of a problem.
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Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)