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self-diagnosing

self-diagnosing is the present participle of self-diagnose.

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-diagnosing

What is self-diagnosing the present participle of?
Self-diagnosing is the present participle of self-diagnose.

Words near self-diagnosing in the dictionary

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

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