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What does underdiagnosed mean?

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  1. (of a disease or symptom) diagnosed less frequently than its occurrence.
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Even though TRALI is becoming recognized more frequently in clinical practice and has received greater attention and description in the literature, it likely remains underdiagnosed and under-reported.
To the Editor: The real issue is that addiction, no matter how it is defined, is vastly underdiagnosed and undertreated in our health care system.
Traditionally, depression has been underdiagnosed in older adults.
Involvement of the upper gastrointestinal tract by Crohn's disease is usually underdiagnosed.
Doctors say it is underdiagnosed because many who have it fail to get a bone density test, sometimes even after they suffer a fracture.
Anxiety disorders are underdiagnosed in the elderly, largely because the symptoms are often assumed to be just another manifestation of aging.

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