Definition of "underdiagnosis" [underdiagnosis]

• The failure to diagnose a condition in a significant proportion of a patients (noun)

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• "Well, there probably is some overdiagnosis, but the worse problem is the underdiagnosis."
• "The CDC report looked at people already in the health-care system, "but there is a big problem with underdiagnosis and undertreatment," he said."
• "The report, Delivering Male, shows how the underdiagnosis of depression in men, the high rate of male suicides and largely unrecognised problems like eating disorders can be more effectively tackled."