{
    "term": "diagnosis",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the act of discovering or identifying the exact cause of an illness or a problem",
            "sensetop": "diagnosis (of something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a diagnosis of lung cancer"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are waiting for the doctor's diagnosis."
                },
                {
                    "text": "An accurate **diagnosis was made** after a series of tests."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are using new methods of diagnosis."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Further tests have confirmed the diagnosis."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Patients may suffer from some of the symptoms years before diagnosis."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The doctor cannot give a diagnosis without knowing the full medical history."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Without the results of the blood test, the doctor could only make a tentative diagnosis."
                },
                {
                    "text": "clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the diagnosis of the disease"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Healthcare"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["accurate", "correct", "right"],
                "verb + diagnosis": ["establish", "give", "make"],
                "preposition": ["after diagnosis", "before diagnosis", "diagnosis of"],
                "phrases": ["a method of diagnosis"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌdaɪəɡˈnəʊsɪs/",
                "audio": "di/diagnosis/diagnosis__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌdaɪəɡˈnəʊsiːz/",
                "audio": "di/diagnosis/diagnoses__gb_4.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌdaɪəɡˈnəʊsɪs/",
                "audio": "di/diagnosis/diagnosis__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌdaɪəɡˈnəʊsiːz/",
                "audio": "di/diagnosis/diagnoses__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 17th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek, from diagignōskein ‘distinguish, discern’, from dia ‘apart’ + gignōskein ‘recognize, know’."
}