- Medicine/Medical.
- a test result that is incorrect because the test failed to recognize an existing condition or finding.
- a person who receives this test result.
- any screening test result that failed to detect a person or thing being sought: Let's hope the new body scanner doesn't give us any false-negatives.
- a person or thing that is missed by such a test: Retrain your spam filter if you’re getting too many false-negatives in your inbox.
- pertaining to or being a false-negative.
- a result in a medical test that wrongly indicates the absence of the condition being tested for
- a person from whom such a result is obtained
