# overdiagnose

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To diagnose something more often than it actually occurs.
2. To diagnose as a clinical case what is truly a subclinical case.

## Etymology
From over- + diagnose.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/overdiagnose