the act or an instance of misdiagnosing or being misdiagnosed
misdiagnosis in American English
(ˌmɪsdaiəɡˈnousɪs)
nounWord forms: plural-ses (-siz)
an incorrect diagnosis
Word origin
[1945–50; mis-1 + diagnosis]This word is first recorded in the period 1945–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: beeper, individual medley, poison pill, synchronized swimming, taxi squadmis- is a prefix applied to various parts of speech, meaning “ill,” “mistaken,” “wrong,”“wrongly,” “incorrectly,” or simply negating. Other words that use the affix mis- include: misprint, mistrial, mistrust
Examples of 'misdiagnosis' in a sentence
misdiagnosis
The classic self-misdiagnosis, though, is the heart attack.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It was realised that motor neurone disease had been a misdiagnosis.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Such tragedies are mercifully rare, but misdiagnosis of patients is not.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It was his first misdiagnosis of the day.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The most common misdiagnosis, she says, is irritable bowel syndrome.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
I felt confident that he was right; that misdiagnosis was impossible.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
But that, it seems to me, is the ultimate misdiagnosis.
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That misdiagnosis is not the only failure of communication.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
There is, however, a risk of serious misdiagnosis here.