underdiagnosing
Failing to detect
Underdiagnosing is failing to identify a condition as often as it actually occurs.
A disease may be underdiagnosed because symptoms are subtle, testing is unavailable, or certain populations are overlooked: ADHD has historically been underdiagnosed in girls.
The noun is underdiagnosis.
Supervision or inadvertent omission
- neglectFailure to provide care
- missedFailed to reach
- overlookedNot noticed or considered
- failureLack of success
omission · blindspot · lapse · error · inattention · inadequacy · carelessness · shortcoming
Evaluative selection process
- symptomsIndicators of disease
- differentialRelative difference between things
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- comorbiditySimultaneous presence of diseases
prevalence · epidemiology · pathology · detection · evaluation · testing · examination · workup
Unequal differences in condition
- barriersThings blocking access
- accessRight to enter
- inequityUnfair distribution or treatment
- underservedInsufficiently provided for
marginalized · vulnerable · populations · rural · poverty · insurance · stigma · discrimination
Judging below actual value
- underreportingStating fewer than actual
- downplayingDiminishing perceived significance
- dismissalRemoval from position
- trivializationMaking something seem minor
denial · disregard · belittling · normalization · invalidation · gaslighting · psychosomatic · hypochondria
oversight
Supervision or inadvertent omission
- neglectFailure to provide care
- missedFailed to reach
- overlookedNot noticed or considered
failure · omission · blindspot · lapse · error · inattention · inadequacy · carelessness · shortcoming · unawareness
screening
Evaluative selection process
- symptomsIndicators of disease
- differentialRelative difference between things
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
comorbidity · prevalence · epidemiology · pathology · detection · evaluation · testing · examination · workup · referral
disparities
Unequal differences in condition
underserved · marginalized · vulnerable · populations · rural · poverty · insurance · stigma · discrimination · bias
underestimation
Judging below actual value
- underreportingStating fewer than actual
- downplayingDiminishing perceived significance
- dismissalRemoval from position
trivialization · denial · disregard · belittling · normalization · invalidation · gaslighting · psychosomatic · hypochondria · malingering
underdiagnosingoverdiagnosing
Identifying illness unnecessarily
overtesting · overscreening · pathologizing · disease mongering · medicalization