How to say "diagnosis" in Japanese

• 診断しんだんJLPT N2approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe default word for 'diagnosis', especially the medical act or result of examining a patient and identifying an illness. Choose this in most contexts, from clinical settings to everyday talk about seeing a doctor.
  その女性じょせいは一人一人ひとりひとりを注意ちゅうい深ふかく診断しんだんしている。↗

  She'll diagnose each person carefully.
• 見立てみたてCommon
  nounCovers a doctor's diagnosis understood as a medical opinion or judgment, often one voiced to the patient. It carries the nuance of an expert's assessment rather than the diagnostic procedure itself.

Use 診断 for diagnosis in the ordinary medical sense of identifying a disease or condition; use 「見立て」 for a doctor's diagnosis or assessment voiced as an opinion or judgment.

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• 診断しんだんdiagnosis
• 調査分析ちょうさぶんせきdiagnosis
• 原因分析げんいんぶんせきcause analysis
• 見立てみたてdiagnosis