0 past simple and past participle of diagnose
1 to recognize and name the exact character of a disease or a problem, by examining it:
The specialist diagnosed cancer.
She was diagnosed with/as having diabetes.
The electrician has diagnosed a fault in the wiring.
He was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic.
The treatment's chances of success are stronger if it is started as soon as the disease is diagnosed.
In about half of diagnosed cases, the condition is operable.
Despite undergoing several tests, doctors were unable to diagnose her condition.
Since his cancer was diagnosed, he feels as if he's living on borrowed time.
Rather, the depressed group showed a reduced-risk : only 0.4 % of the depressed group (three persons) were diagnosed with breast cancer.
In physical health problems there may be a desire to identify a disease entity that can be diagnosed and separated from the sense of self.
In our series, 2 of the 4 patients were diagnosed as having right isomerism associated with complex cardiac anomalies.
