Noun
overdiagnosis (countable and uncountable, plural overdiagnoses)
(medicine) To diagnose something too frequently, or based on insufficient evidence, or without benefit to the patient.
Furthermore, the false-positive rate of tests, such as the D-dimer assay and computed tomographic pulmonary angiograms, is high, leading to more tests and overdiagnosis and including risks of unnecessary anticoagulation." Source: Internet
The trouble with overdiagnosis is that while the cancers doctors find wouldn’t have harmed their patients, the treatment and stress that result from the diagnosis probably will. Source: Internet