underdetection

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Latin dētēctiōder. Latin dētēctiōnembor. English detection English underdetection From under- + detection.

1. Detection at excessively low levels, or at levels lower than are actually the case

   “"But this study says that in these very disadvantaged men, there is underdetection and undertreatment, that the cancers are not being found early enough."”