Undertreat vs Overtreat - What's the difference?
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To treat insufficiently or not frequently enough.
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(medicine) To subject to excessive medical treatment, often to such an extent as to cause adverse effects
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Overtreat is a related term of undertreat.
As verbs the difference between undertreat and overtreat
is that undertreat is to treat insufficiently or not frequently enough while overtreat is to subject to excessive medical treatment, often to such an extent as to cause adverse effects.undertreat
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*undertreatmentovertreat
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