wrongly diagnose
Frequency: 7.010.8 per million words
to identify an illness or problem in a way that is not correct
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- Her condition was wrongly diagnosed by the first doctor she saw.
- The specialist initially wrongly diagnosed the patient's symptoms as simple fatigue.
- He fears that the machine's malfunction has been wrongly diagnosed as a software glitch.
- It's a tragedy when a serious illness is wrongly diagnosed as something minor.
- If a doctor wrongly diagnoses your condition, you may be entitled to compensation.
- Many people have suffered because their mental health issues were wrongly diagnosed.
- Wrongly diagnosing the root cause of the economic crisis led to ineffective policies.
- The mechanic wrongly diagnosed the engine trouble, leading to a costly and unnecessary repair.
- Could the patient's allergy have been wrongly diagnosed all these years?
- The report revealed that thousands of cases are wrongly diagnosed each year due to outdated methods.