See Also: sensitivity and specificity(medicine)
celibate(1)(dictionary)
celibate(2)(dictionary)
celibate(dictionary)
Specificity(medicine)
specificity constant(medicine)
species specificity(medicine)
diagnostic specificity(medicine)
relative specificity(medicine)
Analytic specificity(health)

celibate(1) (iou) and sensitivity and specificity (medicine)


celibate(1) (iou)



celibate adjective & noun2. E19.
[from CELIBACY, after magistracy, magistrate, etc.: see -ATE1, -ATE2.]
A. adjective. Unmarried, single; abstaining from sexual intercourse; bound or resolved not to marry or have sexual intercourse. E19.
b. noun. A person who is celibate, esp. by resolve or as an obligation. M19.

sensitivity and specificity (medicine)


sensitivity and specificity
Measures for assessing the results of diagnostic and screening tests. Sensitivity represents the proportion of truly diseased persons in a screened population who are identified as being diseased by the test. It is a measure of the probability of correctly diagnosing a condition. Specificity is the proportion of truly nondiseased persons who are so identified by the screening test. It is a measure of the probability of correctly identifying a nondiseased person.