How to Use diagnosis in a Sentence

diagnosis

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  • She is an expert in the diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases.
  • The diagnosis was a mild concussion.
  • The committee published its diagnosis of the problems affecting urban schools.
  • His doctor made an initial diagnosis of pneumonia.
  • The unusual combination of symptoms made accurate diagnosis difficult.
  • Stage refers to how far the cancer has spread in the body at the time of diagnosis.
    — Jenny McCoy, Health.com, 28 Feb. 2022
  • The rate varies with the age of diagnosis and stage of cancer.
    — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 23 Oct. 2017
  • This could give them a good idea of what kind of tests to run to land on a diagnosis, too.
    — Cassie Shortsleeve, SELF, 16 Feb. 2019
  • The diagnosis triggered a flood of emotions in the 69-year-old who now lives in Homer.
    — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 11 June 2023
  • As with any illness, the right medicine starts with the right diagnosis.
    — Elizabeth Warren, WSJ, 24 July 2022
  • The diagnosis helped Jongema come out of his dark side and find more light.
    — Brittney Butler, San Antonio Express-News, 7 June 2018
  • There appears to be no precedent for the twin diagnoses.
    — Soumya Karlamangla, latimes.com, 28 June 2018
  • The clues to diagnosis are that the damage is on the highest point on each fruit, a place not covered by leafy growth.
    — oregonlive.com, 28 June 2019
  • That's what kept me pushing for a diagnosis; the blood tests gave me proof that something was wrong.
    — Colleen Murphy, Health.com, 24 Nov. 2021
  • But with bonuses in the balance, there was pressure to treat even when the diagnosis wasn’t firm.
    — Sandeep Jauhar, WSJ, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Reeling from the diagnosis, patients may not be able to take in more than that one word.
    — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 15 Jan. 2020
  • If labs are backed up, patients have to wait for a diagnosis.
    — New York Times, 15 Feb. 2022
  • This is both the wrong diagnosis and the wrong solution.
    — Matthew Kroenig, WSJ, 7 July 2021
  • The initial diagnosis for recovery was in the six-to-eight-week range.
    — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2022
  • His diagnosis didn’t involve surgery, just four to six weeks to heal.
    — Maria Torres, kansascity, 24 Apr. 2018
  • About a year and a half after her diagnosis, the little girl's life was coming to an end.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 11 June 2018
  • And the pill will only be able to help people who get a diagnosis and prescription in the first place.
    — WIRED, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Five years after their diagnosis, 88% of those who took the pill were still alive, compared with 78% of the placebo group.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 5 June 2023
  • Melvin said the initial diagnosis is a sprain in the patellar tendon.
    — Matt Kawahara, SFChronicle.com, 14 Sep. 2020
  • And so, in the months since my own diagnosis, my response has been to try and look outwards as well as inwards.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 27 June 2018
  • The diagnosis was a ruptured quad tendon in his right knee.
    — Akeem Glaspie, Indianapolis Star, 31 Dec. 2019
  • The diagnosis was that Sweeney had only some bumps and bruises.
    — CBS News, 13 Feb. 2018
  • It’s been used to describe the front line health care workers and people who’ve lived through a painful diagnosis.
    — Byalexa Mikhail, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2022
  • But a cancer diagnosis followed by his worst season in more than a decade might feel like the right time.
    — Sam Mellinger, kansascity, 1 Nov. 2017
  • Now, a new blood test could pave the way for cheaper, quicker diagnosis.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 28 Dec. 2022

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