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self-diagnose en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δια- (dia-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider. Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō Ancient Greek γῐγνώσκω (gĭgnṓskō) Ancient Greek δῐαγῐγνώσκω (dĭagĭgnṓskō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́γνωσῐς (dĭắgnōsĭs)der. Latin diagnōsisder. English diagnosisbf. English diagnose English self-diagnose From self- + diagnose.

Meanings

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:
   • Among the issues they are hoping to explore are cyberhoarding—reluctance to delete information gathered online—and cyberchondria—compulsively using search engines and websites in the hope of finding reassurance about medical fears, only to self-diagnose further ailments. 2018 October 8, Nicola Davis, “Cyberchondria and cyberhoarding: is internet fuelling new conditions?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
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)

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Deriveds

self-diagnoser