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False Positive Reactions

Medical Definition: Positive test results in subjects who do not possess the attribute for which the test is conducted. The labeling of healthy persons as diseased when screening in the detection of disease. (Last, A Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed)
Guide Notes: NIM; no qualif
Previously Indexed: specific disease/diagnosis (1966-1967),specific test (1966-1967)

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