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What does it mean if your test is negative?

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Which test?: "negative" means "not there" rather than "bad", necessarily. I'm sorry no one was able to answer. Let us know which test and what the result was.

Answered 9/19/2012

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A member asked:

What does it mean if your test is negative?

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