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diagnosticate

diagnosticate verb: to make a diagnosis of; to recognise (a disease or similar) by its symptoms.

Verb

diagnosticate (third-person singular simple present diagnosticates, present participle diagnosticating, simple past and past participle diagnosticated)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To make a diagnosis of; to recognise (a disease or similar) by its symptoms.
    • Paracyesis and interstitial or cornuate fetation are purposely omitted, as such accidents can scarcely be diagnosticated […]1895, American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Transactions, volume 7, page 98

Forms of diagnosticate

third-person singular presentdiagnosticates
present participlediagnosticating
past participlediagnosticated
pastdiagnosticated

Origin of diagnosticate

From diagnostic + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Questions about diagnosticate

What does diagnosticate mean?
Diagnosticate means to make a diagnosis of; to recognise (a disease or similar) by its symptoms.
What part of speech is diagnosticate?
Diagnosticate is a verb.
What is the past tense of diagnosticate?
The past tense of diagnosticate is diagnosticated.

Words near diagnosticate in the dictionary

  1. diagnostic
  2. Diagnostic Drawing Series
  3. diagnostic overshadowing
  4. diagnostical
  5. diagnostically
  6. diagnosticate
  7. diagnosticated
  8. diagnosticates
  9. diagnosticating
  10. diagnostication
  11. diagnostications

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