| SIM | selected ion monitoring; Society of Industrial Microbiology |
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| SIMS | secondary ion mass spectroscopy |
| CPAP | Continuous Positive Airway Pressure |
| CPPV | Continuous Positive Pressure Ventilation |
| HEMPAS Test | Hereditary Erythrocytic Multinuclearity with Positive Acidified Serum Test |
| false positive | <statistics> A test result that is read as positive when it is really negative. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| 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) |
| leukaemia, calla-positive | Acute leukaemia in which lymphocytes are positive for the common acute lymphoblastic leukaemia antigen (calla). (12 Dec 1998) |