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overdetection

noun

Etymology

From over- + detection or overdetect + -ion.

  1. learned borrowing from detectio
  2. prefixed as overdetection — “over + detection”

Definitions

  1. Detection at levels greater than are actually the case

    • "In prostate cancer, there's a lot of talk about overdetection and overtreatment," said Dr. David C. Miller[…]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for overdetection. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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