Underascertainment

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Insufficient ascertainment uncountable

    "Further, some household contacts with symptoms may not have returned with the contact slip, leading to underascertainment of contacts examined and possible TB cases detected."

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"Further, some household contacts with symptoms may not have returned with the contact slip, leading to underascertainment of contacts examined and possible TB cases detected."

Etymology

From under- + ascertainment.

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