Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To diagnose incorrectly.
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- verb To incorrectly
diagnose .
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Examples
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A single study found that; virtually all other studies have found lower rates of misdiagnose, which is why those other studies have been totally ignored.
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And misdiagnose someone for years as being less active than they were, mentally?
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Conservatives, however, misdiagnose the cause of rising health care costs and typically propose breaking-up large purchasing pools and pushing individuals into bare bone policies on the individual market.
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Any socialist health care system that punishes people for their weight gain, second case of clap, second ski-related broken bone will cause staggering amounts of fraud to avoid these punishments, as kindly doctors take bribes to misdiagnose ailments.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Update on the Health Care Trojan Horse for Fascism 2010
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Conservatives, however, misdiagnose the cause of rising health care costs and typically propose breaking-up large purchasing pools and pushing individuals into bare bone policies on the individual market.
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What about misdiagnose, or plain negligence by doctors, nurses?
White House unveils $25 million medical malpractice initiative 2009
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Getting A Second Opinion Primary-care doctors can misdiagnose common symptoms.
What if the Doctor Is Wrong? Laura Landro 2012
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You misdiagnose yourself as having a pinched nerve from sleeping wrong and move on with your day.
Milt Bedingfield: Type 2 Diabetes: What Termites Can Teach Us About the Dangers of High Blood Sugar Milt Bedingfield 2011
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A form of dementia is often incorrectly diagnosed as Alzheimer's, and studies show that doctors may misdiagnose coronary artery disease as other conditions.
What if the Doctor Is Wrong? Laura Landro 2012
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You misdiagnose yourself as having a pinched nerve from sleeping wrong and move on with your day.
Milt Bedingfield: Type 2 Diabetes: What Termites Can Teach Us About the Dangers of High Blood Sugar Milt Bedingfield 2011
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