underrecognition

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ recognition.

Pronunciation

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Noun

underrecognition (uncountable)

1. Failure to recognise (e.g. a disease from its symptoms) often enough.
   • 2015 July 9, Elyse O. Kharbanda et al., “TeenBP: Development and Piloting of an EHR-Linked Clinical Decision Support System to Improve Recognition of Hypertension in Adolescents”, in eGEMs‎, volume 3, →DOI:

     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.