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a Blood test result that is incorrectly normal in a person who has the suspected disease.
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A test result that falsely indicates that a condition is not present when in fact it is. SEE: Bayes' theorem; false-positive.
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| false-negative rate |
The rate of occurrence of negative test results in individuals who actually have the attribute or disease for which they are being tested.
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ABBR: FNR. The ratio of subjects affected by an illness whose test results wrongly suggest they are disease-free to all those subjects who have the disease. The false-negative ratio of a test is useful in determining the te
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