Meanings
noununderdiagnosis (countable and uncountable, plural underdiagnoses)
plural underdiagnoses
- countableuncountablemedicineThe failure to diagnose a condition in a significant proportion of patients.
Antonyms: overdiagnosis
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe failure to diagnose a condition in a significant proportion of patients.
Opposite
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
- Proto-Germanic*under
- Proto-West Germanic*undar
- Old Englishunder-
- Middle Englishunder-
- Englishunder-
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*dwís
- Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
- Ancient Greekδια- (dia-)
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵn̥h₃sḱéti
- Proto-Hellenic*gignṓskō
- Ancient Greekγῐγνώσκω (gĭgnṓskō)
- Ancient Greekδῐαγῐγνώσκω (dĭagĭgnṓskō)
- Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́γνωσῐς (dĭắgnōsĭs)
- Latindiagnōsis
- Englishdiagnosis
- Englishunderdiagnosis
Translations
Finnish alidiagnosointi
- alidiagnosointiTranslations
Greek υποδιάγνωση
- υποδιάγνωση (ypodiágnosi)Translations
Cite this entry
APA
underdiagnosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underdiagnosis
MLA
“underdiagnosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underdiagnosis. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underdiagnosis,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underdiagnosis.
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