nondetection
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nondetection (countable and uncountable, plural nondetections)
- A failure to detect; a negative result
- 1986, Journal of the National Cancer Institute: JNCI, volume 77, page 661:
- Nondetection or nonnotification of cancer has been shown to be most common among patients older than 75 years at the time of diagnosis.