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Definition of Retrodiagnosis
Medically reviewed by Dr. Otari Nergadze, Neurosurgeon | Updated: January 2026
Retrodiagnosis: Retrospective diagnosis. The proposal that the mysterious illness that killed Alexander the Great more than 2,300 years ago was West Nile fever is an exercise in retrodiagnosis.
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