negative predictive value
Pertaining to friction ridge identification, the proportion of exclusion determinations that are correct.
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neglect
The refusal or failure on the part of a person (or persons) in a caring role to fulfil a care-giving obligation, either consciously or unintentionally, which results in physical or emotional distress for an older person.
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negligence
A legal doctrine providing that one may be liable to another if (1) he or she owes a legal duty to the other; (2) he or she materially breaches that duty; (3) the breach is the proximate cause of the other’s injury; and (4) the other person suffers damages.
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negligent entrustment
A tort in which one or more persons give, lend, or allow someone to use, or should have anticipated that the person would use, a dangerous instrumentality to injure another.
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negra tomasa
Street name, slang, or code word for heroin.
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neonatal abstinence syndrome
A group of problems that occur in a newborn who was exposed to addictive opiate drugs (e.
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