"self-diagnose" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: self-diagnoses [present, singular, third-person], self-diagnosing [participle, present], self-diagnosed [participle, past], self-diagnosed [past]
Etymology: From self- + diagnose. Etymology templates: {{af|en|self-|diagnose}} self- + diagnose Head templates: {{en-verb|self-diagnoses|self-diagnosing|self-diagnosed|self-diagnosed}} self-diagnose (third-person singular simple present self-diagnoses, present participle self-diagnosing, simple past and past participle self-diagnosed)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To attempt to identify a medical condition in oneself without consulting a medical practitioner. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-self-diagnose-en-verb-8H1-4iXR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with self-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with self-: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 23
  2. (transitive, intransitive) Of a system, to identify problems within itself. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-self-diagnose-en-verb-QSqDpv72 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with self- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with self-: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: self-diagnoser

Inflected forms

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