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Meaning of "overdiagnosis" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERDIAGNOSIS

overdiagnosis  [ˌəʊvəˌdaɪəɡˈnəʊsɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERDIAGNOSIS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overdiagnosis is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OVERDIAGNOSIS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Overdiagnosis

Overdiagnosis is the diagnosis of "disease" that will never cause symptoms or death during a patient's lifetime. Overdiagnosis is a side effect of screening for early forms of disease. Although screening saves lives in some cases, in others it may turn people into patients unnecessarily and may lead to treatments that do no good and perhaps do harm. Given the tremendous variability that is normal in biology, it is inherent that the more one screens, the more incidental findings will be found. For a large percentage of them, the most appropriate medical response is to recognize them as something that does not require intervention; but determining which action a particular finding warrants can be very difficult, whether because the differential diagnosis is uncertain or because the risk ratio is uncertain. Overdiagnosis occurs when a disease is diagnosed correctly, but the diagnosis is irrelevant. A correct diagnosis may be irrelevant because treatment for the disease is not available, not needed, or not wanted. Some persons contend that the term "overdiagnosis" is inappropriate, and that "overtreatment" is more representative of the phenomenon.

Definition of overdiagnosis in the English dictionary

The definition of overdiagnosis in the dictionary is excessive diagnosis of a disease.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERDIAGNOSIS


acrocyanosis
ˌækrəʊˌsaɪəˈnəʊsɪs
adenosis
ˌædɪˈnəʊsɪs
biocenosis
ˌbaɪəʊsɪˈnəʊsɪs
byssinosis
ˌbɪsɪˈnəʊsɪs
calcinosis
ˌkælsɪˈnəʊsɪs
cyanosis
ˌsaɪəˈnəʊsɪs
cystinosis
ˌsɪstəˈnəʊsɪs
diagnosis
ˌdaɪəɡˈnəʊsɪs
gnosis
ˈnəʊsɪs
hypervitaminosis
ˌhaɪpəˌvɪtəmɪˈnəʊsɪs
hypnosis
hɪpˈnəʊsɪs
kenosis
kɪˈnəʊsɪs
melanosis
ˌmɛləˈnəʊsɪs
misdiagnosis
ˌmɪsdaɪəɡˈnəʊsɪs
pollinosis
ˌpɒlɪˈnəʊsɪs
prognosis
prɒɡˈnəʊsɪs
serodiagnosis
ˌsɪərəʊˌdaɪəɡˈnəʊsɪs
stenosis
stɪˈnəʊsɪs
trichinosis
ˌtrɪkɪˈnəʊsɪs
vaginosis
ˌvædʒɪˈnəʊsɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERDIAGNOSIS

overdecoration
overdemanding
overdependence
overdependent
overdesign
overdetermined
overdevelop
overdeveloped
overdevelopment
overdeviate
overdid
overdight
overdirect
overdiscount
overdiversity
overdo
overdo it
overdocument
overdoer
overdog

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERDIAGNOSIS

astereognosis
autohypnosis
avitaminosis
biocoenosis
carcinosis
cytodiagnosis
enosis
fetal diagnosis
hyperinosis
hypinosis
narcohypnosis
necrosis
paragnosis
resinosis
self-hypnosis
stegnosis
stereognosis
syntenosis
X-ray diagnosis
xenodiagnosis
zoonosis

Synonyms and antonyms of overdiagnosis in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «overdiagnosis» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERDIAGNOSIS

Find out the translation of overdiagnosis to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of overdiagnosis from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «overdiagnosis» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

误诊
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sobrediagnóstico
570 millions of speakers

English

overdiagnosis
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

overdiagnosis
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

overdiagnosis
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гипердиагностика
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

overdiagnosis
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

overdiagnosis
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

surdiagnostic
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Overdiagnosis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Überdiagnose
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

過剰診断
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

overdiagnosis
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overdiagnosis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chẩn đoán quá mức
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

overdiagnosis
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अति तपासणी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Fazla tanı konulması
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sovradiagnosi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nadrozpoznawalności
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гіпердіагностика
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

overdiagnosis
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπερδιάγνωσης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

overdiagnosis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

överdiagnostik
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

diagnostikk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overdiagnosis

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERDIAGNOSIS»

The term «overdiagnosis» is normally little used and occupies the 113.393 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERDIAGNOSIS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «overdiagnosis» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «overdiagnosis» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about overdiagnosis

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERDIAGNOSIS»

Discover the use of overdiagnosis in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overdiagnosis and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Overdiagnosed: Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health
Suggests that the medical profession is heavily bent on aggressive diagnosis and treatment and argues that this zealous system of overtesting and overdiagnosing needs to change in order to save time, money, and pain.
H. Gilbert Welch, Lisa Schwartz, Steve Woloshin, 2011
2
Overdiagnosed: Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health
Overdiagnosis, be it of DCIS or invasive cancer, is a real harm of mammography. Overdiagnosed women are treated for breast cancer. Overdiagnosis is a big part of the reason that women who receive mammography undergo more surgery, ...
H. Gilbert Welch, Lisa Schwartz, Steve Woloshin, 2011
3
Breast Imaging, An Issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America,
The only indication of possible overdiagnosis wasa nonsignificant excessof cancers among study group women aged70 to74years, suggesting thatif overdiagnosisoccurred,it was mainly confinedto theelderly. As desired forthegoalof screening ...
Christopher E. Comstock, Cecilia L. Mercado, 2014
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Prostate Cancer Diagnosis: PSA, Biopsy and Beyond
Others' estimates of overdiagnosis have varied widely from 27% to 84%. Draisma et al. [33] used a simulation analysis and reported that age at diagnosis heavily influenced the estimate of overdiagnosis, which was estimated at 27% at age 55  ...
J. Stephen Jones, 2012
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Prostate Cancer, An Issue of Hematology/Oncology Clinics of ...
Overdiagnosis is of particular importance in prostate cancer because of the high incidence of the disease and its low mortality rate. Although this is relatively easy to define for a population of patients, it can be hard to define for the individual.
Christopher Sweeney, 2013
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Early Breast Cancer: From Screening to Multidisciplinary ...
All of these studies suggest that not all DCIS progresses to invasive cancer, and most of the increase in incidence of DCIS may in fact represent overdiagnosis. However, the consequences of overdiagnosis can be devastating. Women with ...
Guidubaldo Querci della Rovere, Ruth Warren, John R. Benson, 2005
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Active Surveillance for Localized Prostate Cancer: A New ...
Based on concerns about overdiagnosis, a watchful waiting strategy was offered. 100% of the 11 cancers managed this way regressed [21]; all represent cases of overdiagnosis. Evidence of cancer overdiagnosis is relatively apparent in ...
Laurence Klotz, 2012
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Breast Cancer: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional: ...
According to news reporting originating from Sydney, Australia, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “To elicit women's responses to information about the nature and extent of overdiagnosis in mammography screening ( detecting ...
‎2013
9
Overdiagnosis
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Overdiagnosis is the diagnosis of "disease" that will never cause symptoms or death during a patient's lifetime.
Ad La De Felicie, 2011
10
Optimizing Health: Improving the Value of Healthcare ...
11. Overdiagnosis. and. Pseudodisease: Too. Much. of. a. “Good. Thing?” ROBERT M. KAPLAN Evidence-based medicine promotes a scientific basis for medical decisions. It often goes beyond the argument that diagnosis and treatment is ...
Franz Porzsolt, Robert M. Kaplan, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERDIAGNOSIS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overdiagnosis is used in the context of the following news items.
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H. Gilbert Welch: Too many mammograms don't help
And yet having so many additional women diagnosed with early-stage cancer suggests that screening leads to a lot of overdiagnosis, ... «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»
2
GUEST EDITORIAL: When screening is bad for your health
And yet having so many additional women diagnosed with early-stage cancer suggests screening leads to a lot of overdiagnosis, unnecessary ... «Northwest Georgia News, Jul 15»
3
Doctors Weigh in on Low-Value Care
Gawande cites another reason overtesting is a problem: overdiagnosis (not misdiagnosis), the erroneous diagnosis of a disease. “This is the ... «Malibu Times, Jul 15»
4
ADHD: A Destructive and Disempowering Label; Not an Illness
Fewer people know that the USA has problems of both overdiagnosis and underdiagnosis of ADHD." How can they know – how can anyone ... «Mad In America, Jul 15»
5
Testing for malaria reduces overprescription by more than 70 percent
Using malaria rapid diagnostic tests in registered drug shops in a highly endemic region in Uganda substantially reduced overdiagnosis of ... «Medical Xpress, Jul 15»
6
Dutch team launches DENSE breast MR trial
... and is expected to be accompanied by an increase in the number of false-positive results and, possibly, an increase in overdiagnosis.". «Medical Physics Web, Jul 15»
7
Ignore the mammogram naysayers and get screened for breast cancer
This in turn decreases costs to the healthcare system. The concern regarding overdiagnosis is real. I agree it would be very nice to know which ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
8
What It Feels Like To Have ADHD, Explained By People Who Have …
Perhaps because of the potential overdiagnosis of ADHD, some people don't take the disorder seriously, and use the term to casually refer to ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
9
When screening is bad for a woman's health
And yet having so many additional women diagnosed with early-stage cancer suggests screening leads to a lot of overdiagnosis, unnecessary ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
10
How Regular Mammograms Might Lead to 'Overdiagnosis — Health …
In regions of the United States where high levels of mammograms were conducted, there was an increased diagnosis of tumors – but death ... «PPP Focus.com, Jul 15»

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