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the quality of being specific rather than general; "add a desirable note of specificity to the discussion"; "the specificity of the symptoms of the disease" the quality of being specific to a particular organism; "host specificity of a parasite"
Ãâó: wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
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| specificity |
When referring to a medical test, specificity refers to the percentage of people who test negative for a specific disease among a group of people who do not have the disease. No test is 100% specific because some people who do not have the disease will test positive for it (false positive).
Ãâó: www.stjude.org/glossary
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| specificity |
For diagnostic tests, the ability of a probe to react precisely with a specific target molecule.
Ãâó: www.fao.org/docrep/003/X3910E/X3910E22.htm
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| specificity |
The proportion of individuals without the abnormality or disease that will have a negative test.
Ãâó: www.cdc.gov/genomics/gtesting/ACCE/FBR/CF/CFGlossa...
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| specificity |
a statistical measure of the accuracy of a screening test, ie, how likely a test is to label as negative those who do not have a disease or condition.
Ãâó: www.sfaf.org/treatment/beta/b29/b29glos.html
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