false-negative

 [fawls-neg-uh-tiv]

false-neg·a·tive

  [fawls-neg-uh-tiv]
noun
Medicine/Medical. a test result that is incorrect because the test failed to recognize an existing condition or finding.
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False-negative is always a great word to know.
So is pollex. Does it mean:
the innermost digit of the forelimb; thumb.
the outer, nonvascular, nonsensitive layer of the skin, covering the true skin or corium.
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Main Entry:  false-negative
Part of Speech:  n, adj
Definition:  See false negative
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