adjective
1. indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen
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a positive pregnancy test
• Syn: ↑positive
• Similar to: ↑Gram-positive
• Topics: ↑medicine, ↑medical specialty
2. serving to support or corroborate
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collateral evidence
• Syn:
↑collateral, ↑confirmative, ↑confirmatory, ↑corroborative, ↑corroboratory, ↑substantiating, ↑substantiative, ↑validating, ↑validatory, ↑verificatory, ↑verifying
• Similar to: ↑supportive
• Derivationally related forms:
↑verify (for: ↑verificatory), ↑validate (for: ↑validatory), ↑substantiate (for: ↑substantiative), ↑corroborate (for: ↑corroboratory), ↑corroborate (for: ↑corroborative), ↑confirm (for: ↑confirmatory), ↑confirm (for: ↑confirmative), ↑collateral (for: ↑collateral)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.