diagnose

IELTS-Verwendung

Common in medical reading passages about how doctors determine conditions.

Beispiele

1. Doctors diagnose diseases based on symptoms and tests.
2. It can be difficult to diagnose rare illnesses.
3. The patient was diagnosed with diabetes at age 40.

Kollokationen

diagnose a disease

Early testing helps diagnose a disease sooner.

diagnosed with

She was diagnosed with a heart condition.

correctly diagnose

It is important to correctly diagnose the problem.

diagnose the cause

Doctors tried to diagnose the cause of the pain.

Wortfamilie

Nomen

diagnosis

Verb

diagnose

Adjektiv

diagnostic

Paraphrasen

• identify an illness: Simpler, less technical.
• determine the condition: More formal alternative.
• make a diagnosis: Noun form commonly used in medical texts.

Häufige Fehler

• The doctor diagnosed him with cancer. to The doctor diagnosed him as having cancer.. 'Diagnosed with' is correct; 'diagnosed him with' is also acceptable, but 'diagnosed as having' is more formal.
• He diagnosed himself. to He diagnosed his own condition.. 'Diagnosed himself' can be ambiguous; specify condition.
• Diagnose of the illness was difficult. to Diagnosis of the illness was difficult.. Use noun 'diagnosis' not verb 'diagnose'.