All 3 Uses of
diagnose
in
Misery, by Stephen King
- Billford had diagnosed the fatal malady as a heart attack, although the girl was very young — only eighteen — and had seemed in the pink of health.†
Chpt 2 *diagnosed = determined or identified the nature of a problem or an illness
- Old Shinny had been clearly puzzled as well, but in the end he had concurred with the diagnosis.†
Chpt 2diagnosis = the identification of the cause of a problem or illness
- Dr. Billford, shaken to within an inch of sanity himself, diagnosed catalepsy.†
Chpt 2diagnosed = determined or identified the nature of a problem or an illness
Definition:
determine or identify the nature of a problem or an illness