confirmatoryadjective
/kənˈfɜː.mə.tər.i//kənˈfɜ˞ː.mə.tɔːr.i/proving or stating that something is correct, especially a medical diagnosis (= judgment about what an illness or problem is) or test result:
Anyone who tests positive with a rapid test must get a confirmatory blood test.
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- Blood units that initially test positive must undergo confirmatory tests to be sure the virus is present.
- An MRI scan may be given for women at high risk of breast cancer or needing a confirmatory diagnosis.
- The diagnosis of osteoarthritis is not difficult, even without an x-ray, although an x-ray may be confirmatory.
- The patients all had some other confirmatory evidence of active gut inflammation.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Proving and disproving
- actions speak louder than words idiom
- attest
- authenticate
- back sb up
- bear witness (to sth) idiom
- belie
- catch
- colour
- documentary
- evidence
- explode
- explosion
- give the lie to sth idiom
- proof
- stick
- testament
- the acid test
- the burden of proof idiom
- undocumented
- unsubstantiated
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