| CFP | chronic false positive; Clinical Fellowship Program; cyclophosphamide, fluorouracil, prednisone; cys... |
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| FA | false aneurysm; Families Anonymous; Fanconi anemia; far advanced; fatty acid; febrile antigen; femor... |
| FNT | false neurochemical transmitter; farnesyltransferase |
| FP | false positive; family physician; family planning; family practice; family practitioner; Fanconi pan... |
| FPF | false positive fraction; fibroblast pneumocyte factor |
| false joint | A pathologic entity characterised by deossification of a weight-bearing long bone, followed by bending and pathologic fracture, with inability to form normal callus leading to existence of the "false joint" that gives the condition its name. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| false knots | <obstetrics> False knots of umbilical cord, local increases in length or varicosity of the umbilical vein, causing markedly apparent twisting of the cord. (05 Mar 2000) |
| false labour | <obstetrics> Contractions which do not produce cervical dilation or effacement. (05 Mar 2000) |
| false macula | <ophthalmology> An extrafoveal point of fixation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| false masturbation | <psychiatry> Rarely used term for a nervous tic consisting of a constant pulling of the penis. Synonym: false masturbation, pseudomasturbation. Origin: G. Peos, penis, + tillo, to pull out (of hair), + mania, frenzy (05 Mar 2000) |
| false membrane | <dermatology> A thick, tough fibrinous exudate on the surface of a mucous membrane or the skin, as seen in diphtheria. Synonym: croupous membrane, neomembrane, plica, pseudomembrane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| false mole | <gynaecology> An intrauterine polyp. (05 Mar 2000) |
| false neuroma | traumatic neuroma |
| false nucleolus | <cell biology> The central portion of a cells nucleus that typically contains a glob of heterochromatin. Origin: Gr. Soma = body (09 Oct 1997) |
| false pain | <obstetrics> Ineffective uterine contractions, preceding and sometimes resembling true labour, but distinguishable from it by the lack of progressive effacement and dilation of the cervix. (05 Mar 2000) |
| false paracusis | <otolaryngology> The apparent increase in auditory acuity of a deaf person to conversation in noisy surroundings due to his companion unconsciously raising his voice. Synonym: Willis' paracusis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| false pelvis | The expanded portion of the pelvis above the brim. Synonym: pelvis major, false pelvis, large pelvis, pelvis spuria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| false positive | <statistics> A test result that is read as positive when it is really negative. (27 Sep 1997) |
| false-positive reaction | <statistics> An erroneous or mistakenly positive response. Positive test results in subjects who do not possess the attribute for which the test is conducted. The labeling of healthy persons as diseased when screening in the detection of disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| false pregnancy | <obstetrics, psychiatry> A condition in which some signs and symptoms suggest pregnancy, although the woman is not pregnant. Synonym: hysterical pregnancy, pseudocyesis, pseudopregnancy, spurious pregnancy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| false negative |
A negative test result for a sample that is actually positive it terms of either its true status or reference status. There are two different false negative proportions. One is the complement of relative sensitivity. The other is the complement of predictive value negative. positive test result
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| false negative |
Term used to describe an incorrect test result of a medical procedure or test that falsely shows the lack of a finding. For example, a mammogram may not show any breast abnormality, yet breast cancer is present. The mammogram result is a false negative. A false negative result can occur for a variety of reasons, including operator error or limitations of the test.
출처: imaginis.com/glossary/glossary_f.asp
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| false negative |
A patient who has a disorder which is not detected at an examination which is intended to detect same.
출처: www.orthoptics.ie/publications/expert_group/9_glos...
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| false negative |
Some women are told that tests have shown that their baby does not have a particular problem, only to find out when the baby is born that this is not true. This is called a false negative result and is not a common occurrence.
출처: www.arc-uk.org/glossaryofterms/glossaryofterms.htm
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| false negative |
when a screening test suggests that a baby has a low risk of a condition which it later turns out to have.
출처: www.antenataltesting.info/glossary.html
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