to diagnose with gastro

4.6

To tell someone after a doctor checks them that they have a stomach infection

phrasal verb
/ˈdaɪəɡnoʊz wɪð ˈɡæstroʊ/

Jargon

: diagnosticar gastro

After several days of vomiting, she was finally diagnosed with gastro by her family doctor.

Examples

Many children are diagnosed with gastro during the peak of flu season each year.
If you are diagnosed with gastro, it is important to stay hydrated and rest.
The doctor diagnosed with gastro after examining the symptoms.
Did the nurse diagnose with gastro yesterday?
After several days of vomiting, she was finally diagnosed with gastro by her family doctor.
If you are diagnosed with gastro, it is important to stay hydrated and rest.
Many children are diagnosed with gastro during the peak of flu season each year.

Antonyms

healthy

695 1.0

In good body and mind condition without sickness or injury

Surface Forms

diagnose with gastro infinitive

diagnosed with gastro past

diagnosed with gastro past participle

diagnosing with gastro present participle

diagnoses with gastro third person singular

Morphology

diagnose + with + gastro

The verb + with construction ('diagnose' + 'with') transparently yields 'identify someone as having (an illness)', so a learner who knows those words can infer the grammatical relation. However, 'gastro' is a bound morpheme/colloquial shorthand for gastroenteritis (a stomach illness) rather than a full, productive noun, so recognizing the specific disease sense may require extra exposure. Because the core composition is clear but the medical/colloquial status of 'gastro' may block full predictability, this is best classified as semi-transparent.

Etymology

Diagnose with gastro comes from the simple doctor visit where a doctor checks someone with stomach pain or vomiting and decides they have a 'stomach bug' or 'gastroenteritis'. So, diagnose + gastro means 'to identify someone as having gastroenteritis'.