different between diagnose vs overdiagnosis

English

Etymology

Back-formation from diagnosis.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /da????no?s/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /da????n??z/
• Rhymes: -??s

Verb

diagnose (third-person singular simple present diagnoses, present participle diagnosing, simple past and past participle diagnosed)

1. (transitive, medicine) To determine which disease is causing a sick person's signs and symptoms; to find the diagnosis.
2. (by extension) To determine the cause of a problem.

Usage notes

• Some argue that to "diagnose [someone] with a disease" is an incorrect usage because the verb takes the physician as subject and a disease as object.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• San Diego, Sandiego, agonised

Danish

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin diagn?sis, from Ancient Greek ????????? (diágn?sis). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

diagnose c (singular definite diagnosen, plural indefinite diagnoser)

1. diagnosis

Declension

References

• “diagnose” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French diagnose. Ultimately from Latin diagn?sis, from Ancient Greek ????????? (diágn?sis). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?di.?x?no?.z?/, /?di.a???no?.z?/
• Hyphenation: di?ag?no?se
• Rhymes: -o?z?

Noun

diagnose f (plural diagnoses or diagnosen, diminutive diagnosetje n)

1. diagnosis

Derived terms

• diagnostisch

Related terms

• diagnosticeren

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: diagnosa, diagnose

French

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin diagn?sis, from Ancient Greek ????????? (diágn?sis). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

diagnose f (plural diagnoses)

1. diagnosis

Descendants

• ? Dutch: diagnose

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch diagnose, from French diagnose. Ultimately from Latin diagn?sis, from Ancient Greek ????????? (diágn?sis). Doublet of diagnosa and diagnosis.

Noun

diagnose (first-person possessive diagnoseku, second-person possessive diagnosemu, third-person possessive diagnosenya)

1. Superseded spelling of diagnosis.

Interlingua

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin diagn?sis, from Ancient Greek ????????? (diágn?sis). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

diagnose (plural diagnoses)

1. diagnosis

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin diagn?sis, from Ancient Greek ????????? (diágn?sis). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

diagnose m (definite singular diagnosen, indefinite plural diagnoser, definite plural diagnosene)

1. diagnosis

Related terms

• diagnostisere
• diagnostisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin diagn?sis, from Ancient Greek ????????? (diágn?sis). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

diagnose m (definite singular diagnosen, indefinite plural diagnosar, definite plural diagnosane)

1. diagnosis

Related terms

• diagnostisk

English

Etymology

over- +? diagnosis

Noun

overdiagnosis (uncountable)

1. (medicine) To diagnose something too frequently, or based on insufficient evidence, or without benefit to the patient.

Related terms

• overdiagnose
• underdiagnosis