See Also: sensitivity and specificity(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Specificity(medicine)
biological specificity(medicine)
organ specificity(medicine)
antibody specificity(medicine)
analytical specificity(medicine)
relative specificity(medicine)
Analytic specificity(health)
diagnostic specificity(medicine)

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.