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confirming

DEFINITIONS OF: confirming

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adj serving to support or corroborate

adj indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen

Synonyms:
positive
Gram-positive
(of bacteria) being or relating to a bacterium that retains the violet stain used in Gram's method
Antonyms:
disconfirming, negative
not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition
Gram-negative
(of bacteria) being of or relating to a bacterium that does not retain the violet stain used in Gram's method
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