undiagnose
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undiagnose (third-person singular simple present undiagnoses, present participle undiagnosing, simple past and past participle undiagnosed)
- (transitive, medicine) To withdraw a former diagnosis of.
- 2018 January 19, Sophia Dembling, “Living with a medical mystery: Why are autoimmune disorders so puzzling?”, in The Dallas Morning News[1]:
- Karp's specialty is lupus, which affects 1.5 million Americans, according to the Lupus Foundation of America. Lupus can be mild, as in Tota's case, or it can be severe, leading to kidney failure and death. But the blood tests used to diagnose lupus can confuse primary-care physicians, Karp says. "I probably undiagnose as many people as I diagnose."