Underrecognition
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Failure to recognise (e.g. a disease from its symptoms) often enough. uncountable
"Time pressures reported by clinicians in providing comprehensive care for adolescents, 13, 14 complexities of classifying BP percentiles, and the need to review several previous BP measurements to diagnose HTN all clearly contribute to underrecognition."
Example
More examples"Time pressures reported by clinicians in providing comprehensive care for adolescents, 13, 14 complexities of classifying BP percentiles, and the need to review several previous BP measurements to diagnose HTN all clearly contribute to underrecognition."
Etymology
From under- + recognition.
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