misdiagnosev.
/ˌmɪsˈdʌɪəɡnəʊz/, /ˌmɪsdʌɪəɡˈnəʊz/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˌdaɪəɡˈnoʊz/ transitive. To diagnose incorrectly, make a wrong diagnosis of (a condition); to diagnose incorrectly the condition of (a person).
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the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > diagnose or prognose [verb (transitive)] > diagnose > specific
misdiagnose1911
self-diagnose1920
underdiagnose1979
1911 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 8 405 Surely Peter is quite as likely to misdiagnose his own ache as is John or Tom—perhaps more so if John and Tom happen to be good physicians.
1928 Daily Express 6 Oct. 8/6 Internal troubles which have been misdiagnosed are the most common.
1963 Lancet 12 Jan. 95/1 In spite of general recognition for nearly half a century that the two conditions simulate each other, nobody can say how often torsion is misdiagnosed as ‘orchitis’.
1972 Village Voice (N.Y.) 1 June 36/3 His primary theme..is that far too many of the kids being drugged have been misdiagnosed.
1995 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 15 July 3/1 A dying mother has won almost $400,000 in damages from her family doctor for misdiagnosing her breast cancer.
Derivatives
misdiagˈnosed adj.
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1976 Arch. Ophthalmol. 94 982 Amyloidosis of the vitreous body is an uncommon and misdiagnosed condition that causes progressive visual loss.
1997 Vancouver Sun 29 Jan. b6 He improperly prescribed Hydroxyurea, a powerful drug, to treat the misdiagnosed symptoms.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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