misdiagnose
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of misdiagnose
Example Sentences
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There are situations in which doctors can misdiagnose people with TB.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2024
This difference may help explain why clinicians sometimes misdiagnose women who have bipolar disorder with depression.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2022
It’s easy to misdiagnose the causes of our problems and hope for relatively painless solutions.
From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2021
Dr. John Mandrola, a cardiac electrophysiologist in Louisville, Ky., said the ECG feature could misdiagnose patients because of inaccurate readings, or lead to overtreatment of patients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2018
"This is unhelpful for clinicians, who may misdiagnose someone as having an eating disorder or OCD."
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2017
Experts say that it may have been spreading in DR Congo since as early as February but the infections of the Bundibugyo species were initially misdiagnosed as typhoid and malaria.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
In an Instagram post published on Monday, Grasso said her doctor first mentioned that she could have been misdiagnosed last year, but she "thought there's no way".
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Most of Aviv’s characters wander through life uneasily, plagued by misdiagnosed, undiagnosable or undertreated maladies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Some estimates suggest that a significant share of patients remain undiagnosed or misdiagnosed for years, often cycling through providers before receiving a clear explanation for their symptoms.
From Salon ● May 16, 2026
Kevin was placed in a Children’s Hospital to undergo a brain biopsy for a misdiagnosed tumor.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
This often results in doctors misdiagnosing the disease or catching it much later in its progression, when tremors may already be apparent.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 2, 2022
Williams’ departure came after an ugly dispute with the team’s medical staff and former president Bruce Allen in which he blamed the team for misdiagnosing a cancerous growth on his head.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 1, 2022
This included misdiagnosing a student with a potentially life-threatening case of appendicitis and failing to notice a stress fracture in another student, prolonging the recovery.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2020
Caroline Schnakers was a neuropsychologist in Belgium when studies began appearing that showed doctors were misdiagnosing consciousness: People who were conscious were being diagnosed as being in a vegetative state.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2019
In his 2015 autobiography Purple Revolution, he laid bare both his anger with the NHS for initially misdiagnosing his condition but also his gratitude for the ultimately successful treatment, which he says saved his life.
From BBC ● May 27, 2019
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