Meaning & use
Misdiagnose
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To incorrectly identify a disease, condition, or problem.
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Doctors sometimes misdiagnose the flu as a common cold in its early stages.
The mechanic misdiagnosed the noise as a transmission issue rather than a loose belt.
A note on using this word
The prefix "mis-" reverses the accuracy implied by "diagnose," from Greek "diagignoskein" (to distinguish).
Words with a similar meaning
misidentifymislabel
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Words with an opposite meaning
correctly diagnose
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