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sensitivity
1) the ability of an assessment, procedure or instrument to detect clinically meaningful change
2) the ability to appreciate by one or more of the senses
3) acutely perceptive of interpersonal situations
4) reactive to an exogenous substance (i.e. allergen)
Specific
antibiotic sensitivity (Kirby-Bauer susceptibility testing)
hypersensitivity
sensitivity of test for a condition or disease
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 18,
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2018