diagnosticate
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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Origin of diagnosticate
First recorded in 1840–50; diagnostic + -ate 1
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He then seated himself near his visitor and directly facing him, and with a searching look, that had all the power of a microscope, he proceeded to diagnosticate the case.
From The Ape, the Idiot & Other People by Morrow, W. C.
Bronchitis and pneumonia are not infrequent, yet I have seen cases of laryngeal diphtheria recover in which I had suspected pneumonia before performing tracheotomy, and was enabled to diagnosticate it after operating.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
With these few sanguinary remarks we will now proceed to diagnosticate the exercises of the mornin' hour.
From Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales by Taylor, Robert L.
Diseases and injuries of the brain are notoriously difficult to diagnosticate.
From Origin and Nature of Emotions by Crile, George W. (Washington)
Therefore it is of vital importance, more so in the future, than it has been in the past, that practical physicians employ all possible means to diagnosticate phthisis in as early a stage as possible.
From Prof. Koch's Method to Cure Tuberculosis Popularly Treated by Brendecke, Fr. (Friedrich)
In some cases its prodromal manifestations cannot be positively diagnosticated until other symptoms have developed, which by concurrence establish their true significance.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Bony tumors, however, can be readily diagnosticated; and possibly fibrous tumors, by reason of their density, may cast shadows.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896 by Various
Hemorrhagic cases of this severe form are probably more common in variola than in the other fevers, but I have met a notable case in what was diagnosticated scarlatina.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Scarlet fever is readily diagnosticated from diphtheria, although the affinity is close between these two maladies.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Poulet quotes two curious cases: in one a pregnant woman was examined by a doctor who diagnosticated carcinomatous degeneration of the neck of the uterus.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
The matter is in some aspects as much a technical acquisition as in the diagnosticating of a disease.
From The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: Real life by Hawthorne, Julian
During these months of eruptive secretion from the mouth diphtheria, therefore, is not very frequent; thus teething, in the case of diphtheria, cannot be held responsible by mothers fond of diagnosticating dental diseases.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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