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misdiagnosis

misdiagnosis

5 4.8
A mistake about what disease a person has
  • noun
  • /ˌmɪsˌdaɪəɡˈnoʊsɪs/
: diagnóstico erróneo
  • Therefore, a detailed physical examination is needed to prevent misdiagnosis.
  • the possibility of misdiagnosis
  • the misdiagnosis of giftedness
  • potential misdiagnosis

So well, Anita, you went through two months of misdiagnosis, right?

Examples

  • The patient suffered from a serious misdiagnosis, which led to the wrong treatment plan.

  • Cahalan suffers through misdiagnosis after misdiagnosis during her treatment, partly because her disease is extremely rare.

    Blog text (6)

  • Unfortunately, many cases of misdiagnosis are not brought to light.

    Academic text (2006)

  • There's a chance for misdiagnosis, even after doing all of that.

    MMPR: The Last Ranger Parody VII (2017)

  • Failure to recognize these unusual cases may result in misdiagnosis, inadequate treatment, and subsequent recurrence.

    Academic text (2004)

  • After months in the dark, months of inconclusive tests and misdiagnosis, I was finally diagnosed with Celiac Disease.

    Blog text (31)

  • Because of the rarity of this malignancy, preoperative misdiagnosis is common.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Doctors see a lot of tuberculosis, cough, wheezing, and breathlessness, and there is a lot of misdiagnosis.

    Academic text (2010)

  • Due to a misdiagnosis of her condition, she underwent unnecessary surgery.

  • Many people experience a misdiagnosis that could have been avoided with better testing.

Synonyms

misidentification
vsmisdiagnosis
3 6.7

A mistake when someone identifies the wrong person or object

applies specifically to wrong disease identification rather than general naming errors
misclassification
vsmisdiagnosis
  • Specialized
1 6.3

An error that puts something into the wrong group in data or science

focuses on wrongly identifying a disease itself rather than mis-sorting categories
misrecognition
vsmisdiagnosis
1 8.6

A wrong idea about yourself or another person that changes how you act

refers to incorrect disease identification not to personal self perception errors
pseudodiagnosis
vsmisdiagnosis
  • Specialized
9.9

A wrong medical decision that names the wrong illness or says someone has an illness when they do not

labels a disease incorrectly without implying deliberate intent

How Accurate

diagnosis
  • Specialized
295 3.8
misdiagnosis
5 4.8
guess
601 1.0

Surface Forms

misdiagnosis singular
misdiagnoses plural

Morphology

misdiagnosis = diagnosis (transparent) = mis + diagnosis

Formed by the productive English prefix 'mis-' meaning 'wrong' or 'incorrect' + the independent noun 'diagnosis', giving the straightforward meaning 'an incorrect diagnosis'.

Etymology

Misdiagnosis breaks into mis- meaning 'wrong' and diagnosis meaning 'to know' or 'identify', so it means a wrong medical identification of a disease and is used when a doctor gives the wrong name to an illness.