as in to misdiagnose
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Her case reflects a common yet tragic reality of cancer symptoms usually being misdiagnosed or overlooked and then leading to late-stage detection when treatment options are more limited.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025 -
The most likely culprit for the increase in autism is better diagnostic and treatment tools for autism, which was long missed or misdiagnosed as mental retardation.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Overdiagnose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overdiagnose. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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