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To diagnose something more often than it actually occurs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
Examples
- Health experts deny claims that they overdiagnose mental health conditions.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: underdiagnose
To diagnose as a clinical case what is truly a subclinical case.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
Examples
- Her GP incorrectly referred her to a pulmonologist, overdiagnosing what was clearly a case of subclinical, mild allergy.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δια- (dia-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh3- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h3sḱétider. Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō Ancient Greek γῐγνώσκω (gĭgnṓskō) Ancient Greek δῐαγῐγνώσκω (dĭagĭgnṓskō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́γνωσῐς (dĭắgnōsĭs)der. Latin diagnōsisder. English diagnosisbf. English diagnose English overdiagnose From over- + diagnose.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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French:
surdiagnostiquer
— to diagnose more frequently than actual occurrence
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Spanish:
sobrediagnosticar
— to diagnose more frequently than actual occurrence