All 6 Uses of
diagnose
in
This I Believe II
- Back in the early 1980s, I was in a training session for mental health workers who were volunteering to provide counseling to cancer patients who had a terminal diagnosis.†
Chpt 4diagnosis = the identification of the cause of a problem or illness
- So, from the day of Ed's diagnosis until his death a year later, I set out to memorize him: his crooked smile and vigorous embrace, his woodsy smell, and the way he cleared his throat when he reached the top of the stairs.†
Chpt 16
- He reassured me that I would make a full recovery, but I was left traumatized by the weeks of undiagnosed pain.†
Chpt 32undiagnosed = of a problem's or illness' cause: unknownstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in undiagnosed means not and reverses the meaning of diagnosed. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- Telling Kids the Whole Truth MARTHA LEATHE SEVERAL WEEKS AGO I GOT A CALL from a good friend whose husband had just been diagnosed with prostate cancer.†
Chpt 43diagnosed = determined or identified the nature of a problem or an illness
- I was diagnosed with ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease.
Chpt 61 *diagnosed = found to have an illness
- CATHERINE ROYCE was diagnosed with ALS when she was fifty-five.†
Chpt 61diagnosed = determined or identified the nature of a problem or an illness
Definition:
determine or identify the nature of a problem or an illness