INTERDIALECT | • interdialect n. (Linguistics) A language variety that combines features of two or more dialects. |
INTERDIALECTAL | • interdialectal adj. (Linguistics) Between dialects. • INTERDIALECTAL adj. between dialects. |
OVERDIAGNOSE | • overdiagnose v. (Medicine) To diagnose something more often than it actually occurs. • overdiagnose v. (Medicine) To diagnose something that never would have led to symptoms. • overdiagnose v. (Medicine) To diagnose as a clinical case what is truly a subclinical case. |
OVERDIAGNOSED | • overdiagnosed v. Simple past tense and past participle of overdiagnose. • overdiagnosed adj. (Participial adjective) Diagnosed more often than it truly occurs. • overdiagnosed adj. (Participial adjective) Diagnosed as a clinical case despite truly being a subclinical, asymptomatic case. |
OVERDIAGNOSES | • overdiagnoses v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overdiagnose. • OVERDIAGNOSIS n. excessive diagnosis. |
OVERDIAGNOSING | • overdiagnosing v. Present participle of overdiagnose. |
OVERDIAGNOSIS | • overdiagnosis n. (Medicine) To diagnose something too frequently, or based on insufficient evidence, or without benefit to the patient. • OVERDIAGNOSIS n. excessive diagnosis. |
UNDERDIAGNOSE | • underdiagnose v. (Medicine) To diagnose something less often than it actually occurs. |
UNDERDIAGNOSED | • underdiagnosed adj. (Of a disease or symptom) diagnosed less frequently than its occurrence. |
UNDERDIAGNOSES | • underdiagnoses v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of underdiagnose. |
UNDERDIAGNOSING | • underdiagnosing v. Present participle of underdiagnose. |
UNDERDIAGNOSIS | • underdiagnosis n. (Medicine) The failure to diagnose a condition in a significant proportion of patients. |