All 3 Uses of
diagnose
in
The Poisonwood Bible
- After our complicated birth, physicians in Atlanta pronounced many diagnoses on my asymmetrical brain, including Wernicke's and Broca's aphasia, and sent my parents home over the icy roads on Christmas Eve with one-half a set of perfect twins and the prediction that I might possibly someday learn to read but would never speak a word.†
Chpt 1 *diagnoses = causes of problems or illnesses; or processes to identify such problems
- Mother took the diagnosis well.†
Chpt 5diagnosis = the identification of the cause of a problem or illness
- And I volunteer at the clinic, where a Guinean doctor comes once a week from Coquilhatville to immunize and diagnose babies.†
Chpt 5diagnose = determine or identify the nature of a problem or an illness