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Usually used in a medical context
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diagnosing
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Word definitions for diagnosing in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon [syn: diagnosis ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of diagnose English)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
diagnosing \diagnosing\ n. the act or process of identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon. Syn: diagnosis.
Usage examples of diagnosing.
The family, disturbed, but knowing what was happening, sent for an old shaman named Peqanaoq, who, on diagnosing the case, placed the youngster on a sledge just large enough for him to sit on, and in the depth of winter — the absolutely dark and freezing Arctic winter night — dragged him far out onto a lonely Arctic waste and built for him there a tiny snow hut with barely room for him to sit cross-legged.
He went forth into the world in the character of a doctor diagnosing an illness, to prescribe for his patient a cure.