misdiagnosis
misdiagnosis noun: an incorrect diagnosis.
Noun
misdiagnosis (countable and uncountable, plural misdiagnoses)
- An incorrect diagnosis.
- Some researchers have proposed that early social dysfunction in 22q11DS is associated with premorbidity to schizophrenia, and that these social impairments may result in a misdiagnosis of an ASD.2015 July 23, “Transcriptome Profiling of Peripheral Blood in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome Reveals Functional Pathways Related to Psychosis and Autism Spectrum Disorder”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
- They have suffered from misdiagnoses, lapses in treatment, a lack of access to specialized food and physical therapy, displacement and the unrelenting stress of war.2024 April 10, Lynsey Addario, “‘Mom, I Want to Live’: A Young Girl Battles War and Cancer”, in The New York Times
Forms of misdiagnosis
| plural | misdiagnoses |
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Origin of misdiagnosis
From mis- + diagnosis.
Questions about misdiagnosis
- What does misdiagnosis mean?
- Misdiagnosis means an incorrect diagnosis.
- What part of speech is misdiagnosis?
- Misdiagnosis is a noun.
- What is the plural of misdiagnosis?
- The plural of misdiagnosis is misdiagnoses.
Words near misdiagnosis in the dictionary
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