误诊

誤診

wùzhěn

verb #26,120

Meanings

HSK 6

误诊可能对患者造成严重伤害。

Wùzhěn kěnéng duì huànzhě zàochéng yánzhòng shānghài.

Misdiagnosis can cause serious harm to patients.

HSK 7-9

医生误诊了她的病情，导致治疗延误。

Yīshēng wùzhěn le tā de bìngqíng, dǎozhì zhìliáo yánwù.

The doctor misdiagnosed her condition, causing a delay in treatment.

HSK 7-9

他担心自己被误诊，决定去另一家医院复查。

Tā dānxīn zìjǐ bèi wùzhěn, juédìng qù lìng yī jiā yīyuàn fùchá.

Worried about being misdiagnosed, he decided to get a second opinion at another hospital.

memory

误 means mistake/error, 诊 means to examine or diagnose - so 误诊 is literally an erroneous diagnosis.

误 wù

诊 zhěn