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In 1970 I realized that there was negligible risk from x-rays but many radiographs had poor image quality so that the risk from a false negative was significant.
John Cameron

Meaning of "false negative" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FALSE NEGATIVE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FALSE NEGATIVE

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False negative is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FALSE NEGATIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Type I and type II errors

In statistics, a null hypothesis is a statement that the thing being studied produces no effect or makes no difference. An example of a null hypothesis is the statement "This diet has no effect on people's weight." Usually an experimenter frames a null hypothesis with the intent of rejecting it: that is, intending to run an experiment which produces data that shows that the thing under study does make a difference. A type I error is the incorrect rejection of a true null hypothesis. With respect to the non-null hypothesis, it represents a false positive. Usually a type I error leads one to conclude that a supposed effect or relationship exists when in fact it doesn't. Examples of type I errors include a test that shows a patient to have a disease when in fact the patient does not have the disease, a fire alarm going off indicating a fire when in fact there is no fire or an experiment indicating that a medical treatment should cure a disease when in fact it does not. A type II error is the failure to reject a false null hypothesis. With respect to the non-null hypothesis, it represents a false negative.

Definition of false negative in the English dictionary

The definition of false negative in the dictionary is a result in a medical test that wrongly indicates the absence of the condition being tested for. Other definition of false negative is a person from whom such a result is obtained.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FALSE NEGATIVE

false economy
false friend
false fruit
false gavial
false goldenrod
false imprisonment
false joint
false keel
false memory syndrome
false move
false oxlip
false position
false positive
false pregnancy
false pretences
false relation
false ribs
false saffron
false scorpion
false start

WORDS THAT END LIKE FALSE NEGATIVE

active
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conservative
cooperative
creative
decorative
derivative
in the negative
informative
initiative
innovative
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Synonyms and antonyms of false negative in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «false negative» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FALSE NEGATIVE

Find out the translation of false negative to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of false negative from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «false negative» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

假阴性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

falso negativo
570 millions of speakers

English

false negative
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

झूठी नकारात्मक
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

سلبية كاذبة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ложный отрицательный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

falso negativo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মিথ্যা নেতিবাচক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

faux négatif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Negatif palsu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

falsch negative
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

偽陰性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

위음성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Negatif palsu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

âm tính giả
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தவறான எதிர்மறை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खोटे नकारात्मक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yanlış negatif
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

falso negativo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

fałszywie ujemne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

помилковий негативний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fals negative
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ψευδώς αρνητικά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

valse negatiewe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

falskt negativt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

falsk negativ
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of false negative

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FALSE NEGATIVE»

The term «false negative» is regularly used and occupies the 69.455 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FALSE NEGATIVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about false negative

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QUOTES WITH «FALSE NEGATIVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word false negative.
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John Cameron
In 1970 I realized that there was negligible risk from x-rays but many radiographs had poor image quality so that the risk from a false negative was significant.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FALSE NEGATIVE»

Discover the use of false negative in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to false negative and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Preventive Medicine
The rate at which this occurs is called the false- negative error rate and is calculated as c/(a + c). The correct denominator for the false-negative error rate is all of those who are diseased because only those who are diseased are at risk for ...
‎2007
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Advanced Therapy of Breast Disease
Thus, false- negative mammography is having a critical impact on the specialty of physicians sued and appears to be amplifying to the length of diagnostic delay by repeated false-negative readings on follow-up mammograms. The age ...
S. Eva Singletary, Geoffrey L. Robb, Gabriel N. Hortobagyi, 2004
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Guide to Biometrics
Incorrectly matching a subject B' to biometric B. Using terminology from detection theory, we call these a False Negative and a False Positive, respectively: I. False Negative (FN): Deciding that a subject is legitimate while in reality the subject is ...
Ruud Bolle, 2004
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Breast Ultrasound
There are two types of errors in breast ultrasound: false-negative and false- positive findings. False-negative findings result in a Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BIRADS) category assignment that is falsely low, and false- positive ...
A. Thomas Stavros, Cynthia L. Rapp, Steve H. Parker, 2004
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Clinical Laboratory Medicine
False-negative results for urobilinogen can be obtained whenever the urine is allowed to remain in daylight for extended periods after voiding, as the urobilinogen breaks down. If formaldehyde is used as a urine preservative, it will inhibit the ...
Kenneth D. McClatchey, 2002
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Breast MRI: Diagnosis and Intervention
11-13-15.17.20-30 Therefore, the false-negative rate ranges from 5% to 80%. Boetes and colleagues25 examined false-negative cases of breast carcinoma in MRI, and concluded that MRI missed up to 4% of cases. However, DCIS lesions ...
Elizabeth Morris (MD.), Laura Liberman, 2005
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False Negative
The story he's working on now-- a beauty queen found strangled on an Atlantic City beach-- is one that boardwalk power brokers would rather see covered up than covered.
Joseph Koenig, 2012
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Danforth's Obstetrics and Gynecology
high false-positive rate and a higher false-negative rate than achieved with other methods. Commonly, the NST is used as a screening test, and if abnormal, a backup test such as the contraction stress test or biophysical profile (BPP) is used .
Ronald S. Gibbs, 2008
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Studying a Study and Testing a Test: How to Read the Medical ...
To better understand what we mean by the relative importance of false negative and false positive results, we can examine testing for glaucoma and ask: What factors influence the importance of false negative and false positive results?
‎2005
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Encyclopedia of Biometrics: I - Z.
... systems accept multiple biometric samples per person. ▷Finger Vein Reader comparison between different algorithms is usually done by comparing False Negative Rate at a fixed False Positive Rate. ▷ Biometric System Design, Overview ...
Stan Z. Li, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FALSE NEGATIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term false negative is used in the context of the following news items.
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7 Common Biases That Skew Big Data Results
... false positive, and false negative]," said Keith Schleicher, managing director of decision science at Internet service provider CenturyLink in an ... «InformationWeek, Jul 15»
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New Diagnostic Detects Sepsis in Three Hours
... of blood cultures is that it's only 50 to 60 percent sensitive, so that means 40 to 50 percent of patients have a false negative,” Lowery said. «Bioscience Technology, Jul 15»
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Study results point to early cancer detection
The test had zero false positive and zero false negative results.Moreover, the study found the more advanced the patient's cancer, the more ... «Longview News-Journal, Jul 15»
4
Misunderstanding the genome: A (polite) rant
False negative results—telling someone they're low-risk when they're not—is immediately obvious as a problem. But false positives are harmful ... «Ars Technica, Jul 15»
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Govt says no dengue deaths, private hospitals in Bengaluru reject …
Elisa test results can be false negative or false positive," said Biradar. According to him, the number of cases will reduce only if each household ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
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Celebrity campaigns are a distraction from the real risks of cancer …
Sometimes screening produces false negative results, where people are mistakenly told they don't have the disease. More common are the ... «The Conversation UK, Jul 15»
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"Tweaking" the Test
"In other words, the rate of false positive and false negative results hasn't been reported. We simply do not know if this is an accurate approach ... «UUHC Health Feed, Jul 15»
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Watchdog: VA Didn't Dawdle In Treating Vets With Legionnaires …
... tests, dawdled in providing treatment to vets in 2012 and improperly collected water samples to obtain false negative bacteria results. «GovExec.com, Jul 15»
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POINT OF VIEW: Don't lose sight of Florida's many virtues
I have a message for the Florida-haters out there who present a false negative image of our fair state: Enough already. Move on. Or, at the very ... «Palm Beach Post, Jul 15»
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PredSTP: a highly accurate SVM based model to predict sequential …
An analysis of the 142 negative STP chains predicted by PredSTP demonstrated only one false negative. The sensitivity, specificity, precision ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jul 15»

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