FALSE-NEGATIVE Definition & Meaning

false-negative

[fawls-neg-uh-tiv]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Medicine/Medical.��
1. a test result that is incorrect because the test failed to recognize an existing condition or finding.
2. a person who receives this test result.
1. 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.
2. 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.

adjective

pertaining to or being a false-negative.

false negative

noun

a result in a medical test that wrongly indicates the absence of the condition being tested for
a person from whom such a result is obtained

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of false-negative¹

First recorded in 1915–20

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Hispanic women had the most false-positive diagnoses, and Asian women received the most false-negative.

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It seems the agency’s main concern is that the drugs could lead to false-negative HIV screening tests in blood donations, meaning a test shows a donation does not have HIV when it actually does.

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The revised policy would also preclude blood donations from people taking oral PrEP to prevent H.I.V. infection, a restriction the agency said was designed to avoid false-negative results during blood screening.

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Sometimes an at-home antigen test can have a false-negative result.

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But certain image-guided biopsies can produce errors, including false-negative results, and must be carried out under strict protocols to achieve high levels of accuracy.

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