Underdiagnose

Origin

- + under + diagnose

Full definition of underdiagnose

Verb

1. (medicine) To diagnose something less often than it actually occurs.
• July 3, 2015, David Ben Kumah et al., Prevalence of allergic conjunctivitis among basic school children in the Kumasi Metropolis (Ghana): a community-based cross-sectional study, Meanwhile, literature supports the possibility of underdiagnosing AC in the hospital setting; exponentially so when males generally have poor hospital-attending behavior.