sensitivity

sensitivity definition - medical

sen·si·tiv·i·ty (sĕnˌsĭ-tĭvˈĭ-tē)

noun
  1. The quality or condition of being sensitive.
  2. The capacity of an organ or organism to respond to a stimulus.
  3. The proportion of individuals in a population that will be correctly identified when administered a test designed to detect a particular disease, calculated as the number of true positive results divided by the number of true positive and false negative results.

The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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