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mis·di·ag·nose
 misdiagnose
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- pronunciation:
- mIs
daI
ihg
nos
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
misdiagnoses, misdiagnosing, misdiagnosed |
| definition 1: |
to assign an incorrect diagnosis to.
He was misdiagnosed as having Lyme disease when in fact he had a different illness.The doctor misdiagnosed her leg cramps as being due to iron deficiency. |
| definition 2: |
to wrongly assign (a medical label) to a set of symptoms.
The doctor had misdiagnosed cancer, but, fortunately, he realized his mistake before she began having cancer treatments. |
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