The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word DIAGNOSE
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More clues leading to the result DIAGNOSE
- Recognise complaint raising appropriation of tune by on-line charity
- A doctor might mix a gin in the medicine
- Identify charity backing good runner
- Identify the problem — gain ground feeding prescribed medicine
- Identify potential gain in some medicine
- Identify area in mine with smell
- A doctor might mix a gin in medicine
- Identify mistake in dosage
- Agonised about how to identify a complaint
- Agonised over how to find fault
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What does DIAGNOSE mean?
DIAGNOSE verb- To determine which disease is causing a sick person's signs and symptoms; to find the diagnosis.
- (by extension) To determine the cause of a problem.