1. diagnoses a condition or disease in a patient more frequently or in more cases than is medically justified or accurate
Usage: third-person singular present tense or plural form; medical/clinical context

1. instances or cases in which a condition or disease is diagnosed more frequently or in more cases than is medically justified or accurate
Usage: plural form; medical/clinical context

Examples

• The study found that doctors overdiagnoses attention deficit disorder in children.
• Overdiagnoses of Lyme disease have led to unnecessary antibiotic treatment in some patients.
• Improved screening protocols aim to reduce overdiagnoses while maintaining early detection.
• The hospital reviewed cases of overdiagnoses to improve diagnostic accuracy.
• Overdiagnoses can result in unnecessary treatment and increased healthcare costs.
• Clinicians must balance the risk of underdiagnoses against the problem of overdiagnoses.