misdiagnose
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of misdiagnose
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There are situations in which doctors can misdiagnose people with TB.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2024
"It is exceptionally dangerous to ignore your symptoms and to misdiagnose yourself because you could be missing out on appropriate help."
From BBC ● May 3, 2023
Without proper context, the data could potentially be used to misdiagnose illnesses and turn people into hypochondriacs.
From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2022
That can cause software to misdiagnose a malfunction and disable the passenger air bag, increasing the risk of injury in a crash.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 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
While studies vary about how often MS is misdiagnosed, a meta-analysis of data from six studies showed an estimated rate of 15%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Not only are those misdiagnosed undergoing treatment for a condition they don’t have, they are also delayed in getting a proper diagnosis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
“You don’t get misdiagnosed and all of a sudden I’m better. I haven’t gotten better. If anything, I’ve gotten worse in some ways.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Her symptoms had previously been misdiagnosed as asthma and anxiety, which she says was based off the little doctors knew about her mum.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
He knew instantly he’d been misdiagnosed: How could you be bipolar if you were never depressed?
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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
Edmunds relies on his athleticism and speed to make up for potentially misdiagnosing a play’s design but Smith combines 4.52 speed with that high football IQ to tackle anything that moves anywhere on the field.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2018
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