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Noun

overdiagnosis ‎(uncountable)

1. (medicine) To diagnose something too frequently, or based on insufficient evidence
   • 2007 January 2, H. Gilbert Welch, Lisa Schwartz And Steven Woloshin, “What’s Making Us Sick Is an Epidemic of Diagnoses”, in New York Times:

     While failing to make a diagnosis can result in lawsuits, there are no corresponding penalties for overdiagnosis.

Related terms

• overdiagnose
• underdiagnosis