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ˌunderdiagˈnosis Med.
[under-1 10 b.]
Failure, on a significant scale, to detect or correctly diagnose all the cases of a disease examined.
1966Gastroenterology LI. 1074 (heading) Under⁓diagnosis of biliary tract disorders? 1971Brit. Med. Bull. XXVII. 14/1 Under-diagnosis has also contributed to the apparently low incidence. 1982Brit. Med. Jrnl. 29 May 1585/1 This low figure for Britain is unlikely to represent underdiagnosis.
So underˈdiagnose v. trans., underˈdiagnosed ppl. a.
1974Med. Jrnl. Austral. 12 Jan. 49/1 (heading) Cœliac disease: an underdiagnosed disorder with important implications. 1975Gut XVI. 81 The condition may have been underdiagnosed in Britain. 1979Brit. Med. Jrnl. 15 Dec. 1582/3 Surely this does not show general practitioners to be disgracefully underdiagnosing or under⁓treating hypertension, especially with regard to detection, as a great number of these people had not seen their doctor for some considerable time. 1983Ibid. 17 Sept. 827/1 He considers the disorder to be seriously underdiagnosed. |