All 5 Uses
diagnose
in
The Bonesetter's Daughter
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- Ruth puzzled over the diagnosis: How could such a beautiful-sounding word apply to such a destructive disease?†
Chpt 1.5 *diagnosis = the identification of the cause of a problem or illness
- She tried to figure a way to translate the diagnosis into a condition her mother would accept.†
Chpt 1.5
- Since the diagnosis three months before, LuLing had come to Art and Ruth's for dinner almost every night.†
Chpt 1.5
- I don't believe this diagnosis, Alzheimer's.†
Chpt 1.5
- But at least she finally believes the diagnosis is real and that ginseng tea isn't a cure-all.†
Chpt 3.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(diagnose) determine or identify the nature of a problem or an illness
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)