self-diagnosis

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- 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 diagnosis English self-diagnosis From self- + diagnosis.

  1. derived from diagnōsisder

Definitions

  1. An attempt to identify medical conditions in oneself.

    • Redding’s study asked four psychologists with expertise in anxiety and depressive disorders to rate each self-help book on five criteria: how scientifically grounded the book is; whether there are guidelines for self-diagnosis, […]
    • For everyone else, a self-diagnosis of depression is error prone and may provide a seriously incomplete picture.
  2. The ability of a system to identify problems within itself.

    • A self-diagnosis circuit that can be used for built-in self-repair is proposed.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for self-diagnosis. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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