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(medicine, informal) When diagnosing a patient's symptoms, common ailments should be considered as more probable than rare ones.

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when you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras

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when you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras

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informal not zebras
Japanese Meaning
患者の症状を診断する際、まずは一般的に起こりやすい病気を疑い、稀な病気を考えないようにするべきだとする注意喚起。 / 珍しい事象に過剰に注目せず、まずは一般的かつ可能性の高い原因を検討するという医学的なアプローチの教訓。
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