verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a doctor diagnoses flu/depression etc (= says what illness someone has )
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The doctor diagnosed malaria.
be diagnosed with an illness (= be found by doctors to have an illness )
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Her husband had just been diagnosed with a terminal illness.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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As a 17-year-old, Daniel was diagnosed as suffering from testicular cancer and was treated at the Royal Marsden.
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This year, another 135, 950 Californians are estimated to be diagnosed as having the disease.
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However, dry flaky skin on the scalp is often wrongly diagnosed as dandruff.
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She was X-rayed and diagnosed as suffering from pleurisy or pneumonia.
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She has never had a period; at eleven she was diagnosed as anorexic and hospitalised for ten weeks.
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In 1984 her son was diagnosed as intolerant to four foods.
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Eventually he was admitted as a voluntary patient to Napsbury Hospital, where he was diagnosed as schizophrenic.
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She suffered from diarrhoea with pain and bloating, which had been diagnosed as irritable bowel syndrome.
newly
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Twenty two patients were newly diagnosed and 20 were patients with known Crohn's disease in relapse.
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Information on the tapes is geared toward the newly diagnosed patient.
■ NOUN
cancer
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He was 77 and had been diagnosed with colon cancer last November.
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The researchers used a cancer registry and found that 419 were diagnosed with stomach cancer by 1992.
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The money has been donated to Mason's sponger Ann Dyche who has been diagnosed as having cancer .
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Just before she flew to nationals, she learned that her father, Gene, had been diagnosed with bladder cancer .
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Eighteen months ago Lynda Murray was diagnosed as having cancer and given just six months to live.
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Researchers said the discovery could provide a new way for doctors to diagnose the severity of cancer cases.
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Hamilton, 39, was diagnosed with testicular cancer in March.
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The 60-year-old retired engineer was diagnosed with prostate cancer in January.
case
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Since the woman collapsed in 1988, the first diagnosed hyponatremia case at the Canyon, cases of hyponatremia have steadily increased.
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During our investigation of these patients, we diagnosed seven new cases of cancer of the prostate.
condition
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An ophthalmic optician or optometrist tests for and prescribes glasses and can diagnose eye conditions , but doesn't treat eye diseases.
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The board directed Coleman to investigate the disease, and he diagnosed the condition as glanders.
disease
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Clinical ecologists therefore attempt to diagnose and treat a disease which conventional doctors believe does not exist.
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Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies are used in diagnosing vasculitic diseases .
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This year, another 135, 950 Californians are estimated to be diagnosed as having the disease .
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Emergency endoscopy is the most effective method of diagnosing the disease .
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Nationally, about 33, 800 women in the 40-to 49-year-old group were diagnosed with the disease in 1995 alone.
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An initial outbreak in Leicester has resulted in more than 50 people being diagnosed with the disease .
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If the patient had polio, the fluid showed cellular and chemical changes consistent enough for physicians to diagnose the disease .
disorder
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Thus, for example, they were more likely than the psychiatrists to diagnose psychiatric disorder or recommend inpatient care.
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When all potential causes of secondary hyperuricemia are ruled out, it is reasonable to diagnose a primary disorder .
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There are eight possible criteria to look for in diagnosing this disorder .
doctor
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She had blood clots on the lung, but when the symptoms recurred, her doctor diagnosed something completely different.
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When he went to a doctor , he was diagnosed with leukemia, and everything came to a screeching halt.
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An ophthalmologist is an doctor who diagnoses and treats eye disorders by medical or surgical means.
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Researchers said the discovery could provide a new way for doctors to diagnose the severity of cancer cases.
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A doctor had diagnosed that Pearson, who admitted manslaughter at Leeds Crown Court, was a dangerous psychopath.
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The doctor diagnosed this as thrush.
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Pétain awoke with a high fever, and a doctor diagnosed double pneumonia.
illness
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In claiming to diagnose and treat this illness doctors can do more harm than good.
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Two years after her second child was born her husband was diagnosed with a terminal illness .
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All attempts by my own doctor and the company doctor to diagnose my illness failed.
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Brave Gail Devers was suffering from Graves Disease but it took doctors two years to diagnose the crippling thyroid illness .
patient
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Twenty two patients were newly diagnosed and 20 were patients with known Crohn's disease in relapse.
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Failure to diagnose them denies patients simple and effective treatment.
problem
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Careful observation and recording of events are necessary as a first step towards diagnosing the problem .
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Even if a manager can diagnose the problem , without employee buy-in it is difficult to solve it.
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These monitor and diagnose any problems occurring in a particular computer system, drops in temperature and changes in air conditioning levels.
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The managers discovered that it was not easy to diagnose problems in performance.
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Social workers must first diagnose the problems and then help with such practical aids as they have at their immediate disposal.
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Both of your guests seem like they have been diagnosed with the same problem .
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Group decision making was slow at first, but with experience groups learned to diagnose and resolve problems rapidly and effectively.
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The grunts were better able to diagnose the problems of our business than the generals.
woman
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But the per centage of cases diagnosed among heterosexuals, women , infants, teenagers and minorities was increasing proportionately faster.
year
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She had been diagnosed as dangerous five years before she first struck.
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When Rainer was diagnosed last year , the town really rallied to help in every way they could.
years
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She had been diagnosed as dangerous five years before she first struck.
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It is extremely lethal, killing more than half the women in whom it is diagnosed within five years .
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A melanoma originally diagnosed four years ago had spread.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A technician diagnosed a bad pump in the engine.
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If cervical cancer is diagnosed in its early stages, it can be cured.
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Programmers diagnosed the problem as a computer virus.
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Several years ago, she was diagnosed as having Alzheimer's disease.
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There are various methods for diagnosing what is wrong with a sick person.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Another factor that needs to be considered when policy is formulated is that lethal malformation will not always be diagnosed before delivery.
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Clinical ecologists therefore attempt to diagnose and treat a disease which conventional doctors believe does not exist.
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Matthew was wrongly diagnosed as having a bone tumour.
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Nonspecialists are often reluctant to diagnose depression, which can produce symptoms ranging from insomnia to pelvic pain, Thompson says.
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She has been diagnosed with tuberculosis, kidney problems and malnutrition, health workers say.
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The cancer was diagnosed one and a half years after the divorce.
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The researchers used a cancer registry and found that 419 were diagnosed with stomach cancer by 1992.
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This was diagnosed as impetigo, an unpleasant and contagious affliction.