False Positive Definition

fôlspŏzĭ-tĭv
noun
A test result that is false-positive.
American Heritage Medicine
(statistics) Type I error.
Wiktionary
adjective
Being or relating to a result from a medical test that is erroneously positive.
American Heritage Medicine

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Noun

Singular:
false positive
Plural:
false-positives

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