as in to misdiagnose
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While just 250 cases were reported to the CDC from 2012-2021, the symptoms — high fevers, chills, nausea — can be often misdiagnosed as influenza, COVID-19, even malaria, says Job Lopez, a tick researcher at Baylor College of Medicine.—
Pien Huang,
NPR,
23 June 2025 -
Girls and women have, until recently, been underdiagnosed or misdiagnosed with other mood disorders that are symptoms of underlying ADHD.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 June 2025
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“Overdiagnose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overdiagnose. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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