misdiagnose

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Recent Examples of misdiagnose Black women, especially, are under- and misdiagnosed compared to their white male peers, the Washington Post reported in 2021. Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025 West went to the hospital two days later and was misdiagnosed with cellulitis. Escher Walcott, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025 The Product Is In The Last Mile Many AI projects are misdiagnosed as technical failures. Alessa Cross, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025 Some doctors have pointed to a case in which a 19-year-old woman died after being misdiagnosed by an NP who was certified in family medicine, not emergency care, and working alone at an Oklahoma ER. Arielle Zionts. Kff Health News, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for misdiagnose
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misdiagnose
underdiagnose
Verb
  • 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 7 Oct. 2025.

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