False Negative Definition

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

Other Word Forms of False Negative

Noun

Singular:
false negative
Plural:
false-negatives

False Negative Sentence Examples

  • Pregnancy test false negative and false positive results are fairly rare.

  • When you test too early, you may receive a false negative.

  • A false negative test result means that you are pregnant but the test was unable to detect the hormone.

  • However, when the test fails, keep in mind that it is much more common to get a false negative result than a false positive result.

  • However, this is much rarer than a false negative.

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