Definition of "misdiagnosis" [misdiagnosis]

• An incorrect diagnosis. (noun)

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• "Convey's operation was performed by United States national team doctors after what he called a misdiagnosis in England."
• "When the misdiagnosis is done at the federal government level and involves large parts of a national economy, the consequences can be swift and significant."
• "Dr. Mark Graber, chief of medicine at the Veteran’s Administration in Northpoint, New York, says the single most common cause of misdiagnosis is a doctor’s failure to consider other possibilities after an initial diagnosis is reached."