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diagnosis

[dahy-uhg-noh-sis] / ˌdaɪ əgˈnoʊ sɪs /


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In a twist on that narrative, Dorio said he was once asked by a hospice operator to examine a patient who had arrived with a diagnosis of bladder cancer.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026

In 2021 comes the diagnosis of MS, which opens her to a memoirist’s radical honesty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

The family also tried to get Giovanni more regular psychiatric care, especially through Veterans Affairs, but he said his son only successfully got disability compensation for his diagnosis.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

The young and vulnerable man says he did not fully understand what the diagnosis meant at first.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

I thought he was going to tell me his diagnosis, and that perhaps I had judged him too hastily and too unkindly.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath




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