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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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)
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
Diseases and injuries of the brain are notoriously difficult to diagnosticate.
From Origin and Nature of Emotions by Crile, George W. (Washington)
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.
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.
As he sank upon the professional sofa, where so many other cases had been diagnosticated, he broke into tears.
From Between the Dark and the Daylight by Howells, William Dean
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
Split or crack fractures were also diagnosticated by the method suggested by Hippocrates of pouring some colored fluid over the skull after the bone was exposed, when the linear fracture would show by coloration.
From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by Walsh, James Joseph
Gratitude has been wisely diagnosticated as a lively sense of benefits to come.
From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert
The few cases of intestinal diphtheria I have met with gave rise to the usual symptoms of enteritis, and were diagnosticated as such.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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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