ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Underrecognition

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Underrecognition is a noun meaning Failure to recognise (e.g. a disease from its symptoms) often enough.

Meaning

Failure to recognise (e.g. a disease from its symptoms) often enough.

Example Sentences

Time pressures reported by clinicians in providing comprehensive care for adolescents, 13, 14 complexities of classifying BP percentiles, and the need to review several previous BP measurements to diagnose HTN all clearly contribute to underrecognition.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include underdiagnosis, undertreatment, anosognosia, overdiagnosis, asomatognosia, anosagnosia.

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