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diagnosis mills

diagnosis mills is the plural of diagnosis mill.

Meaning of diagnosis mill

Noun

diagnosis mill (plural diagnosis mills)

  1. (derogatory) A healthcare provider that offers indiscriminate or excessive diagnoses of neurological conditions such as autism and ADHD, often for profit or convenience.
    • And then there are all these posts online about how these places like Embrace Autism etc are "diagnosis mills" which makes me worry that somehow I've been misled.2024 May 4, Reddit

Questions about diagnosis mills

What is diagnosis mills the plural of?
Diagnosis mills is the plural of diagnosis mill.

Words near diagnosis mills in the dictionary

  1. diagnoses
  2. diagnosibility
  3. diagnosing
  4. diagnosis
  5. diagnosis mill
  6. diagnosis mills
  7. diagnosises
  8. diagnosogenic
  9. diagnostic
  10. Diagnostic Drawing Series
  11. diagnostic overshadowing

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