How to Use undiagnosed in a Sentence

undiagnosed

adjective
  • That has raised fears that there could be hundreds of undiagnosed cases in the area.
    Gene Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Mar. 2020
  • What ruptured that Sunday in 2017 was an undiagnosed brain aneurysm: a bulging, soft spot in an artery in the brain that burst.
    Adrian Walker, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Jan. 2020
  • The toddler can't retain food, is on a milk diet and has gone undiagnosed for months.
    Rosa Flores and Julia Jones, CNN, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The damage to her brain and spinal column went undiagnosed.
    Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2023
  • There are a lot of people who have sleep apnea that are undiagnosed.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 29 June 2023
  • But the hits go on—and so will the concussions, and those spells of dizziness, headaches, and fuzzy memories which go undiagnosed.
    Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2022
  • The teen died of an undiagnosed heart condition in 2013.
    Timothy Bella, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Stephen’s son Cody died in May 2012 from a heart attack due to an undiagnosed heart condition.
    Elliott Lapin, Houston Chronicle, 20 June 2019
  • On Monday, officials in the in the state of Bihar found dozens of bodies dumped in the Ganges River believed to be undiagnosed victims of covid-19.
    Washington Post, 11 May 2021
  • The true toll of the virus is likely to be worse than the numbers show, as mild or asymptomatic infections often go undiagnosed.
    Emma Reynolds and Henrik Pettersson, CNN, 5 June 2020
  • In fact, almost 80% of autistic females remain undiagnosed by the age of 18.
    Camille Herron, Flow Space, 8 July 2024
  • Which is why over 50% of women with PCOS remain undiagnosed.
    Anna Haines, Forbes, 15 June 2022
  • Even in rich countries, between 50% and 80% of Alzheimer’s cases go undiagnosed.
    The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019
  • The wife told police that her husband suffers from an undiagnosed mental disorder and the texts about her car being towed were sent in April.
    Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 14 July 2022
  • Rizzo, now 34, was doing great through the first two months of the season, but a collision with a baserunner in late May caused a concussion that was undiagnosed for two months.
    Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
  • One problem that is often undiagnosed is the fact that the algorithms themselves can be biased.
    Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Most medical professionals haven’t heard of it, which means many have sat in front of undiagnosed patients and not been able to give them answers or help.
    Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2024
  • In some cases, a convulsion may be the sign of an as-of-yet undiagnosed condition or caused by a drug treatment that can be adjusted or stopped.
    Diana Apetauerova, Verywell Health, 24 July 2023
  • People can suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome for months or years at a time — and about 90% go undiagnosed, according to the CDC.
    Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 17 May 2019
  • The study did not address how many people might have undiagnosed infections now.
    BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2021
  • About 6 million dogs are diagnosed with cancer each year in the nation, and many more likely go undiagnosed.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Dec. 2021
  • The number is likely higher since many people with the illness go undiagnosed.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2020
  • Outside of Hubei itself, where a huge amount of resources and emergency staff have been deployed, there are fears that cases may be missed or go undiagnosed.
    James Griffiths, CNN, 27 Feb. 2020
  • Ann says her father struggled with undiagnosed mental illness for most of his life.
    Allison Norlian, Forbes, 5 Apr. 2021
  • During competency reviews early in the case, she was found to be an undiagnosed schizophrenic at the time of the attack.
    Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Most of them are younger and less likely to have smoked than typical lung tumor patients, and often go undiagnosed early on.
    Naomi Kresge, Fortune Well, 22 Oct. 2023
  • As many as a few hundred thousand cases may go undiagnosed.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Furthermore, studies have found that up to 50% of cases may go undiagnosed.
    Sneha Kohli Mathur, CNN, 25 Aug. 2020
  • This suggests that mental health problems might be going missed or undiagnosed, and thus untreated, in some young people.
    Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 30 July 2024
  • The Nashville actress gave her first interview about the sudden death of her brother Jansen, who died suddenly at age 28 last year from an undiagnosed heart condition.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 18 Sep. 2024

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