error of omission

a category of human error in which an operator fails to perform a necessary step or action, such as failing to press a control button, leading to the failure of a function. Compare error of commission.

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October 10th 2024

Werdnig–Hoffmann disease

see spinal muscular atrophy. [Guido Werdnig (1862–1919), Austrian neurologist; Johann Hoffmann (1857–1919), German neurologist]