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self-diagnosis en · NOUN

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 diagnosis English self-diagnosis From self- + diagnosis.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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:
   • For everyone else, a self-diagnosis of depression is error prone and may provide a seriously incomplete picture. 2021, Jonathan Rottenberg, Depression: What Everyone Needs to Know, page 25:
2. (countable, uncountable) 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:

Forms

Relateds

self-diagnoser · self-diagnose · self-diagnostic

Translations (3)

it autodiagnosi (attempt to identify medical conditions in oneself) · pl samodiagnoza (attempt to identify medical conditions in oneself) · el αυτοδιάγνωση (attempt to identify medical conditions in oneself)