Definition of "misdiagnoses" [misdiagnoses]

• Plural form of misdiagnosis. (noun)

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• "But some cardiologists warn there could be risks, such as misdiagnoses, to making echocardiograms standard in a physical exam."
• "Published reports of initial misdiagnoses have included gastroenteritis, psychiatric disorders, migraine headaches, heart disease, food poisoning, cerebral vascular accidents and hypoglycemia. 1,2,4,6 Treatment involves displacing the carbon monoxide molecule from the heme molecules to which it is bound, using normobaric or hyperbaric oxygen."
• "Like all good American hospitals, the one I went to gave me several misdiagnoses, unnecessary tests, red herring prescriptions, and even discharged me back home before, four days later, I was told my gall bladder needed to come out."