diagnosed
- 1Simple past and past participle of diagnose.
The specialist diagnosed the problem only after several rounds of testing.
Thousands of patients are diagnosed with the condition every year.
Note
One spelling does two jobs: alone it is the simple past (the doctor diagnosed it), and after have or be it is the participle of perfect and passive clauses. The two voices choose different objects. In the passive the patient becomes the subject and the illness follows with: she was diagnosed with asthma. In the active the illness itself is the object: the doctor diagnosed asthma. The broader, non-medical use works the same way: a mechanic diagnosed the fault.
diagnosed is a form of diagnose
diagnose, verb: To identify which disease is causing a sick person's signs and symptoms. Full entry
- Forms
- diagnosediagnoses he/she/itdiagnosing -ing formdiagnosed past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- diagnose → diagnosed: add -d
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