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| When referring to a medical test, sensitivity refers to the percentage of people who test positive for a specific disease among a group of people who have the disease. No test has 100% sensitivity because some people who have the disease will test negative for it (false negatives). |
Previous Definitions: | seminoma, semiparasitic, semustine, senega root, senile keratosis | Next Definitions: | sensor, Sensorcaine, sensory, sentinel lymph node, sentinel lymph node biopsy |
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