Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
false positive
Arabic translation:
نتائج إيجابية كاذبة
Added to glossary by
Steve Booth
Mar 22, 2008 10:26
16 yrs ago
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English term
false positive
English to Arabic
Medical
Medical (general)
down's syndrome
about 43 out of 44 at risk predictions leading to amniocentesis are false positives ie only 1 in 44 actually has down's syndrome.
Proposed translations
(Arabic)
| 5 +12 | نتائج إيجابية كاذبة |
Aljobury
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| 5 | نتائج ايجابية خاطئة |
adell
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Proposed translations
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نتائج إيجابية كاذبة
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Note added at 7 mins (2008-03-22 10:34:07 GMT)
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نتيجة أو نتائج كما ورد في النص
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Note added at 7 mins (2008-03-22 10:34:07 GMT)
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نتيجة أو نتائج كما ورد في النص
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Comment: "thanks"
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نتائج ايجابية خاطئة
I think the cause of falsity is not the human projection( like false pregnancy for instance) to say"كاذبة"but it is rather inaccuracy due to ignorance of all the secrets of the phenomenon or to instrumental imprecision.
Note from asker:
| thanks Adell not much to choose between the two went for the other due to the sheer weight of support |
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