as in to overdiagnose
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Recent Examples of misdiagnose
Many of Shikari’s patients are women with symptoms of heart disease who were initially misdiagnosed with anxiety.
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Angela Haupt, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
Autopsies can catch hereditary illnesses that doctors tend to miss, such as signet-ring-cell carcinomas, and reveal causes of dementia that may have been misdiagnosed as Alzheimer’s.
—Samuel Ashworth, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2025
Women were frequently dismissed or misdiagnosed, left to navigate the transition alone.
—Jane Hanson, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
This is, in large part, due to the symptoms of endometriosis, which can be misdiagnosed for other conditions.
—Kristen Fischer, Health, 4 Mar. 2025
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Angela Haupt, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
Autopsies can catch hereditary illnesses that doctors tend to miss, such as signet-ring-cell carcinomas, and reveal causes of dementia that may have been misdiagnosed as Alzheimer’s.
—Samuel Ashworth, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2025
Women were frequently dismissed or misdiagnosed, left to navigate the transition alone.
—Jane Hanson, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
This is, in large part, due to the symptoms of endometriosis, which can be misdiagnosed for other conditions.
—Kristen Fischer, Health, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Misdiagnose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misdiagnose. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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