as in to overdiagnose
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Recent Examples of misdiagnose
Given these challenges, many lung cancer patients die misdiagnosed, and their real cause of death is rarely known, given poor infrastructure to certify deaths and their causes.
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Simar Bajaj, NPR, 12 Aug. 2025
Approximately 50,000 cases of ciguatera poisoning are reported worldwide annually, according to the CDC, but the numbers may be higher because it is often misdiagnosed.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025
However, there is a misconception that CRPS is a mental rather than physical illness, and women who seek care for CRPS symptoms are frequently misdiagnosed with mental health disorders, such as depression or anxiety.
—Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 28 July 2025
All of these responses misdiagnose the order’s deepest illness and thus prescribe the wrong remedy.
—Stacie E. Goddard, Foreign Affairs, 28 July 2025
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Simar Bajaj, NPR, 12 Aug. 2025
Approximately 50,000 cases of ciguatera poisoning are reported worldwide annually, according to the CDC, but the numbers may be higher because it is often misdiagnosed.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025
However, there is a misconception that CRPS is a mental rather than physical illness, and women who seek care for CRPS symptoms are frequently misdiagnosed with mental health disorders, such as depression or anxiety.
—Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 28 July 2025
All of these responses misdiagnose the order’s deepest illness and thus prescribe the wrong remedy.
—Stacie E. Goddard, Foreign Affairs, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misdiagnose
underdiagnose
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Contemporary research suggests that previous stereotypes about some types of neurodivergence—like ADHD and autism being more prevalent in men—are not always accurate, as these conditions may be underdiagnosed in groups, like women, with whom they are not commonly associated.—
Melanie Green and Aarti Shyamsunder,
Quartz,
2 Mar. 2023
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“Misdiagnose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misdiagnose. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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