false negative

English

Noun

false negative (plural false negatives)

1. A result of a test that shows as absent something that is present.

   A false positive from a cancer screening test will unnecessarily frighten a healthy person, a false negative will deprive them of timely treatment.

2. (statistics) type II error

Translations

a result of a test that shows as absent something that is present

• Irish: bréagdhiúltach (ga) m

statistics: type II error — see type II error

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Translations to be checked

• Hungarian: hamis negatív (hu)

Coordinate terms

• false positive