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diagnosable

diagnosable

2 4.8
A condition that doctors can find with a medical test
  • adjective
  • /ˈdaɪəɡˌnoʊzəbl/
translation icon : diagnosticable
  • More than 1 in 10 school-aged children have a diagnosable mental health disorder (Merikangas et al., 2010), and many do not receive services (Kataoka, Zhang, & Wells, 2002).
  • diagnosable disorder
  • diagnosable condition
  • clinically diagnosable

Well, not everyone has a diagnosable ADD or ADHD.

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Examples

  • There is a long history of studies of those who manifest diagnosable mental illnesses.

    Academic text (1996)
  • So I had, you know, probably diagnosable PTSD at that point.

  • Well, not everyone has a diagnosable ADD or ADHD.

  • And for children, one in ten of whom has a diagnosable condition, the long term effects can be crippling.

  • So we have an unprecedented number of young children experiencing diagnosable episodes of depression at this point.

  • Co-occurring factors may include diagnosable disorders or individual psychological traits.

    Academic text (2014)
  • According to estimates, 1 in 4 children have a diagnosable mental disorder (New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, 2003), which can have a devastating effect on personal and academic development and success.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Present-day clinicians argue the case that hoarding is a pervasive, diagnosable, and potentially treatable psychological condition.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Coeliac disease is a specific and diagnosable condition in which the body displays a demonstrable autoimmune response to gluten, forming antibodies to the small bowel and also, sometimes, to the skin.

    Academic text (2014)
  • About 20 percent of your population has diagnosable mental illness at any one time.

How Diagnosable

diagnosable
2 4.8
undiagnosable
  • Specialized
1 9.1

Surface Forms

diagnosable positive

Morphology

diagnosable = diagnose (transparent) = diagnos + able

Formed by the verb 'diagnose' + productive suffix '-able' meaning 'able to be diagnosed', which an average learner can deduce.

Etymology

The word diagnosable comes from the Greek parts dia- 'through' and gnosis 'knowledge', the same root you see in diagnose and connected to the English idea 'know'. So if something is diagnosable, you can 'know through' the signs and identify it as a particular disease or condition.