Medical Dictionary:
false positive
n.
A positive test result in a subject that does not possess the attribute for which the test is being conducted.
false'-pos·i·tive adj.
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Veterinary Dictionary:
false-positive
1. denoting a test result that wrongly assigns a patient to a diagnostic or other category.
2. a patient so categorized.
3. an instance of a false-positive result.
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 | Medical Dictionary. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Read more |
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| Veterinary Dictionary. Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary 3rd Edition. Copyright © 2007 by D.C. Blood, V.P. Studdert and C.C. Gay, Elsevier. All rights reserved. Read more |
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