diagnosis

noun
🔊/ˌdaɪəɡˈnəʊsɪs/
🔊/ˌdaɪəɡˈnəʊsɪs/
[countable, uncountable]
(plural diagnoses
🔊/ˌdaɪəɡˈnəʊsiːz/
🔊/ˌdaɪəɡˈnəʊsiːz/
)
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  1. diagnosis (of something) the act of discovering or identifying the exact cause of an illness or a problem诊断;(问题原因的)判断
    • a diagnosis of lung cancer诊断肺癌
    • They are waiting for the doctor's diagnosis.他们正在等待医生的诊断结果。🔊🔊
    • An accurate diagnosis was made after a series of tests.准确的诊断是在一系列的检查后作出的。🔊🔊
    • They are using new methods of diagnosis.他们在使用新的诊断方法。
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    • Further tests have confirmed the diagnosis.进一步的化验已经证实了所作的诊断。
    • Patients may suffer from some of the symptoms years before diagnosis.患者可能在诊断出疾病之前多年已出现其中一些病征。
    • The doctor cannot give a diagnosis without knowing the full medical history.不了解全部的病史,医生无法作出诊断。
    • Without the results of the blood test, the doctor could only make a tentative diagnosis.没有验血结果,医生只能作出初步的诊断。
    • clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia精神分裂症的临床诊断
    • the diagnosis of the disease疾病的诊断
    Topics Medicinec1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • accurate
    • correct
    • right
    verb + diagnosis
    • establish
    • give
    • make
    preposition
    • after diagnosis
    • before diagnosis
    • diagnosis of
    phrases
    • a method of diagnosis
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    Word Originlate 17th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek, from diagignōskein ‘distinguish, discern’, from dia ‘apart’ + gignōskein ‘recognize, know’.