"underdiagnose" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: underdiagnoses [present, singular, third-person], underdiagnosing [participle, present], underdiagnosed [participle, past], underdiagnosed [past]
Etymology: under- + diagnose Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|diagnose}} under- + diagnose Head templates: {{en-verb}} underdiagnose (third-person singular simple present underdiagnoses, present participle underdiagnosing, simple past and past participle underdiagnosed)
  1. (medicine) To diagnose something less often than it actually occurs. Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-underdiagnose-en-verb-iLaFdDZr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with under- Topics: medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

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