specificity

specificity definition - medical

spec·i·fic·i·ty (spĕsˌə-fĭsˈĭ-tē)

noun
  1. The condition or state of being specific.
  2. The statistical probability that an individual who does not have the particular disease being tested for will be correctly identified as negative, expressed as the proportion of true negative results to the total of true negative and false positive 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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