underascertainment en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From under- + ascertainment.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Insufficient ascertainment
Further, some household contacts with symptoms may not have returned with the contact slip, leading to underascertainment of contacts examined and possible TB cases detected.
2015 July 6, Kshitij Khaparde et al., “Evaluation of TB Case Finding through Systematic Contact Investigation, Chhattisgarh, India”, in Tuberculosis Research and Treatment, volume 2015, →DOI: