Medical Dictionary
false–positive
adj
Medical Definition of FALSE-POSITIVE
: relating to or being an individual or a test result that is erroneously classified in a positive category (as of diagnosis) because of imperfect testing methods or procedures <a false–positive pregnancy test>—compare false-negative
—false positive noun
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