ALL meanings of false negative
false neg·a·tive
F f - noun false negative Medicine/Medical. a test result that is incorrect because the test failed to recognize an existing condition or finding. a person who receives this test result. 1
- noun false negative any screening test result that failed to detect a person or thing being sought: Let's hope the new body scanner doesn't give us any false-negatives. a person or thing that is missed by such a test: Retrain your spam filter if you’re getting too many false-negatives in your inbox. 1
- adjective false negative pertaining to or being a false-negative. 1
- noun false negative A result of a test that shows as absent something that is present. 0
- noun false negative (statistics) type II error. 0
- noun false negative a result in a medical test that wrongly indicates the absence of the condition being tested for 0
- noun false negative a person from whom such a result is obtained 0