Read the following sentence.
The diagnosis was pretty straightforward: In both ears, I lost some hearing at one range and a lot of
hearing at another.
What is the denotative meaning of the word diagnosis as it is used in the sentence?
O An incorrect identification of the cause of a disease or illness
O An opinion of how a person will heal from an illness or injury
O An educated guess about a person's disease or illness
O The act of identifying a disease or illness after an examination