di·ag·nose 
(dīəg-nōs′, -nōz′)
(dīəg-nōs′, -nōz′)v. di·ag·nosed, di·ag·nos·ing, di·ag·nos·es
v.tr.
1. To distinguish or identify (a disease, for example) by diagnosis.
2. To identify (a person) as having a particular disease or condition by means of a diagnosis.
3. To analyze the nature or cause of: diagnose the reasons for an economic downturn.
v.intr.
To make a diagnosis.
[Back-formation from DIAGNOSIS.]
di′ag·nosa·ble adj.
- Indo-European root: nes-
- Indo-European root: neu-
- Indo-European root: newn̥
- Indo-European root: newo-
- Indo-European root: nobh-
- Indo-European root: nogh-
- Indo-European root: nogw-
- Indo-European root: nu-
- Indo-European root: nāu-
- Indo-European root: nō̆-men-
- Indo-European root: n̥dher-
- Indo-European root: od-
- Indo-European root: oi-no-
- Indo-European root: oit-
- Indo-European root: oktō(u)
- Indo-European root: okw-
- Indo-European root: op-
- Indo-European root: or-
- Indo-European root: orbh-
- Indo-European root: ors-
- Indo-European root: ost-
- Indo-European root: ous-
- Indo-European root: owi-
- Indo-European root: pag-
- Indo-European root: pan-