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false-negative test result

a false-negative test result is one that does not detect what is being tested even though it is present. a false-negative test result may thus suggest that a person does not have a disease or condition being tested for when in fact they do.

for example, a false-negative pregnancy test result would be one that does not detect the substance (human chorionic gonadotropin) that would confirm pregnancy, when in reality the person is pregnant.

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