Underdiagnose

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To diagnose something less often than it actually occurs.

    "Meanwhile, literature supports the possibility of underdiagnosing AC in the hospital setting; exponentially so when males generally have poor hospital-attending behavior."

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"Meanwhile, literature supports the possibility of underdiagnosing AC in the hospital setting; exponentially so when males generally have poor hospital-attending behavior."

Etymology

From under- + diagnose.

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