单词 | self-diagnosis |
释义 | self-diagnosisn. The diagnosis or identification of an illness or medical condition in oneself without consulting a medical practitioner. Also (more generally): the analysis or identification of a problem oneself. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > [noun] > diagnosis > specific self-diagnosis1858 autodiagnosis1893 misdiagnosis1946 underdiagnosis1966 1858 Methodist Q. Rev. Jan. 138 The Calvinist lives..in a position of perpetually cultivated doubt; a state of permanent, querying self-diagnosis, which can never be verified, but..by which he becomes like a dyspeptic studying his own stomach. 1883 Proc. Sanitary Convent. Reed City (Michigan) 198 The people are too apt to charge the physician with selfishness when he tells them the evil of self-diagnosis, prescribing for themselves, and of the worthless or harmful drugs they are taking. 1906 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 16 June 1439/1 Do not play into the hands of the charlatans who fill the daily newspapers with descriptions of ‘arthritism’, with directions for self diagnosis of latent or non-existant ‘goutiness’. 1949 Long Beach (Calif.) Press-Telegram 22 Apr. a12/1 Self-diagnoses and self-medication are unwise and may be harmful. 1988 R. Tisserand Aromatherapy for Everyone (1990) vi. 154 Self-diagnosis, and even treatment, is difficult but feasible with an appropriate chart. 2009 Daily Tel. 16 Oct. 11/6 Medical professionals fear online self-diagnosis can create ‘cybercondriacs.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1858 |
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