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specificity

1) having a fixed relationship to a single cause or definite result 2) a high preference for a given molecule (enzyme-substrate) 3) the ability of an assessment, procedure or instrument to recognize a clinically insignificant result

Specific

specificity of test for a condition or disease

General

statistics (biostatistics)

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
  2. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 18, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2018