How to Use diagnosis in a Sentence

diagnosis

noun

• She is an expert in the diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases.
• The diagnosis was a mild concussion.
• The committee published its diagnosis of the problems affecting urban schools.
• His doctor made an initial diagnosis of pneumonia.
• The unusual combination of symptoms made accurate diagnosis difficult.
• Six years later, in 2017, her other son Thomas got the same diagnosis.
  — Reynolds Lewis, NBC News, 30 Dec. 2022
• Generally, survival rates are higher for earlier-stage diagnoses and lower for advanced stages.
  — Lindsay Curtis, Health, 1 Dec. 2024
• Jeremiah Green, drummer for the rock band Modest Mouse, has died at 45 after a stage 4 cancer diagnosis.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 1 Jan. 2023
• Her initial diagnosis, based on a cognitive examination, was later confirmed by a positive test for amyloid.
  — Dallas News, 6 Jan. 2023
• Sometimes, the self-diagnosis that happens in the medical world—people looking online before seeing their doctors—also occurs in the financial world.
  — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2023
• Stage refers to how far the cancer has spread in the body at the time of diagnosis.
  — Jenny McCoy, Health.com, 28 Feb. 2022
• The rate varies with the age of diagnosis and stage of cancer.
  — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 23 Oct. 2017
• This could give them a good idea of what kind of tests to run to land on a diagnosis, too.
  — Cassie Shortsleeve, SELF, 16 Feb. 2019
• The diagnosis triggered a flood of emotions in the 69-year-old who now lives in Homer.
  — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 11 June 2023
• As with any illness, the right medicine starts with the right diagnosis.
  — Elizabeth Warren, WSJ, 24 July 2022
• The diagnosis helped Jongema come out of his dark side and find more light.
  — Brittney Butler, San Antonio Express-News, 7 June 2018
• There appears to be no precedent for the twin diagnoses.
  — Soumya Karlamangla, latimes.com, 28 June 2018
• The clues to diagnosis are that the damage is on the highest point on each fruit, a place not covered by leafy growth.
  — oregonlive.com, 28 June 2019
• That's what kept me pushing for a diagnosis; the blood tests gave me proof that something was wrong.
  — Colleen Murphy, Health.com, 24 Nov. 2021
• But with bonuses in the balance, there was pressure to treat even when the diagnosis wasn’t firm.
  — Sandeep Jauhar, WSJ, 28 Apr. 2021
• Reeling from the diagnosis, patients may not be able to take in more than that one word.
  — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 15 Jan. 2020
• By late 2019, the White House was coming to share Dans’ diagnosis.
  — Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 1 Aug. 2024
• If labs are backed up, patients have to wait for a diagnosis.
  — New York Times, 15 Feb. 2022
• This is both the wrong diagnosis and the wrong solution.
  — Matthew Kroenig, WSJ, 7 July 2021
• The initial diagnosis for recovery was in the six-to-eight-week range.
  — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2022
• His diagnosis didn’t involve surgery, just four to six weeks to heal.
  — Maria Torres, kansascity, 24 Apr. 2018
• About a year and a half after her diagnosis, the little girl's life was coming to an end.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 11 June 2018
• And the pill will only be able to help people who get a diagnosis and prescription in the first place.
  — WIRED, 1 Aug. 2023
• Five years after their diagnosis, 88% of those who took the pill were still alive, compared with 78% of the placebo group.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 5 June 2023
• Perhaps that’s to be expected, 32 years after beating a devastating Stage 4 cancer diagnosis.
  — Leyla Shokoohe, The Enquirer, 1 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024