confirmatory

adjective

kən-ˈfər-mə-ˌtȯr-ē How to pronounce confirmatory (audio)
Definition of confirmatorynext
as in confirming
serving to give support to the truth or factualness of something a confirmatory test for pregnancy

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Recent Examples of confirmatory In India, health workers typically rely on symptom reporting to identify potential cases, and then send those people for a confirmatory X-ray, says Wadhwani’s chief AI scientist Alpan Raval. — IEEE Spectrum, 19 Dec. 2024 At least 10 birds – including ducks, geese and a zebra dove – were reported dead on the property on Nov. 12 and were then sent for confirmatory testing. — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 25 Nov. 2024 The child was treated with antiviral medication, and the sample was sent to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for confirmatory testing. — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2024 That’s because doctors are much less likely to order the kind of confirmatory testing necessary to determine what kind of pathogen is causing an adult’s pneumonia symptoms. — Paul Sisson, The Mercury News, 18 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for confirmatory

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“Confirmatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confirmatory. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.

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