diagnose

verb
/ˈdʌɪ.əɡˌnəʊz/UK/ˈdaɪ.əɡˌnoʊs/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider. Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō Ancient Greek γῐγνώσκω (gĭgnṓskō) Ancient Greek δῐαγῐγνώσκω (dĭagĭgnṓskō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́γνωσῐς (dĭắgnōsĭs)der. Latin diagnōsisder. English diagnosisbf. English diagnose Back-formation from diagnosis. Compare also sclerose (verb).

  1. derived from diagnosisbf
  2. derived from diagnōsisder

Definitions

  1. To determine which disease is causing a sick person's signs and symptoms

    To determine which disease is causing a sick person's signs and symptoms; to find the diagnosis.

  2. To determine the cause of a problem.

    • But in the early days of the scheme the new machines created some problems for the fitters, who found them over-complex and their faults hard to diagnose after many years' experience of small, simple steam locomotives.
    • Mechanics use this extremely portable tool to diagnose engine faults, clear fault codes, and export data.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at diagnose. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at diagnose. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at diagnose

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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