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self-diagnoses

self-diagnoses is the plural of self-diagnosis.

self-diagnoses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of self-diagnose.

Meaning of self-diagnosis

Noun

self-diagnosis (countable and uncountable, plural self-diagnoses)

  1. An attempt to identify medical conditions in oneself.
    • Redding’s study asked four psychologists with expertise in anxiety and depressive disorders to rate each self-help book on five criteria: how scientifically grounded the book is; whether there are guidelines for self-diagnosis, […]2019 May 2, Nina Avramova, “When you should use self-help programs and when to skip them”, in CNN, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2025
  2. The ability of a system to identify problems within itself.
    • A self-diagnosis circuit that can be used for built-in self-repair is proposed.2012, Issues in Computer Science and Theory: 2011 Edition, page 116

Meaning of self-diagnose

Verb

self-diagnose (third-person singular simple present self-diagnoses, present participle self-diagnosing, simple past and past participle self-diagnosed)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To attempt to identify a medical condition in oneself without consulting a medical practitioner.
    • Ignorant about vomiting before the incident, I was now terrified of it. I self-diagnosed myself with emetophobia – fear of vomiting.2011 July 15, Dakshana Bascaramurty, “I had never vomited. Ever.”, in The Globe and Mail
  2. (intransitive, transitive) Of a system, to identify problems within itself.
    • 70% of all software failures can be self diagnosed and repaired automatically when connected to the company's diagnostic web-site.2012, John Priest, Jose Sanchez, Product Development and Design for Manufacturing (page 407)

Questions about self-diagnoses

What is self-diagnoses the plural of?
Self-diagnoses is the plural of self-diagnosis.

Words near self-diagnoses in the dictionary

  1. self-devotion
  2. self-diagnose
  3. self-diagnosed
  4. self-diagnoser
  5. self-diagnosers
  6. self-diagnoses
  7. self-diagnosing
  8. self-diagnosis
  9. self-diagnostic
  10. self-differentiation
  11. self-diffusion

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Adapted from Wiktionary: self-diagnoses (page history and authors); self-diagnosis (page history and authors); self-diagnose (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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