false positive
A false negative gives infected blood a clean bill of health.
The tests are set up to avoid false negatives but the inevitable result is a higher risk of false positives.
You might get a false negative on your home pregnancy test.
The most important disadvantage of the core needle biopsy is that it can produce false negative results.

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Marks & results
2:1
2:2
B, b
C, c
class
continuous assessment
GPA
grade boundary
grade-point average
honor student
honours student
pass
positive
positivity
S, s
second class
straight As
straight-A
summative
third

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