Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

self-diagnosis

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.16 in modern English

Syllables: self---di-ag-no-sis
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

7

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An attempt to identify medical conditions in oneself.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The ability of a system to identify problems within itself.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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, […]"
"For everyone else, a self-diagnosis of depression is error prone and may provide a seriously incomplete picture."
"A self-diagnosis circuit that can be used for built-in self-repair is proposed."

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.

Usage

Inflected Forms

self-diagnoses (plural)

Phrases

self-diagnose self-diagnoser self-diagnostic

Frequently Paired Words

self-diagnose self-diagnoser self-diagnostic

Questions

What does self-diagnosis mean?: An attempt to identify medical conditions in oneself.
Where does self-diagnosis come from?: 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.

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