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ALL meanings of false negative

false neg·a·tive
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  • 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
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