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misdiagnose

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mis·di·ag·nose  (ms-dg-ns, -nz)
tr.v. mis·di·ag·nosed, mis·di·ag·nos·ing, mis·di·ag·nos·es
To diagnose incorrectly.
misdiagnose [ˌmɪsˈdaɪəgˌnəʊz]
vb (tr)
(Medicine) to diagnose (an illness or problem) wrongly or mistakenly
Translations
misdiagnose
vt
(Med) illness → falsch diagnostizieren; patient → eine falsche Diagnose stellen (+dat)
(= analyse wrongly) problem, situation → falsch diagnostizieren or einschätzen
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