"overdiagnose" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: overdiagnoses [present, singular, third-person], overdiagnosing [participle, present], overdiagnosed [participle, past], overdiagnosed [past]
Etymology: over- + diagnose Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|diagnose}} over- + diagnose Head templates: {{en-verb}} overdiagnose (third-person singular simple present overdiagnoses, present participle overdiagnosing, simple past and past participle overdiagnosed)
  1. (medicine) To diagnose something more often than it actually occurs. Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-overdiagnose-en-verb-d-nNHSRg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 49 51 Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. (medicine) To diagnose as a clinical case what is truly a subclinical case. Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-overdiagnose-en-verb-D6Mmsl3Y Categories (other): English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 49 51 Topics: medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

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