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- Az and I looked very closely at all the negatives-that is, the few pretties who didn't have the lesions-and tried to figure out why they were different.
Part 2negatives = people who did not have a condition
- We ruled out blood type, gender, physical size, intelligence factors, genetic markers-nothing seemed to account for the negatives.
Part 2
- "Every negative worked in the same sort of profession," Az said.
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- We tested ourselves, and we were negative.
Part 2 *negative = indicating that a condition was not found to be present
- All negatives.
Part 2negatives = people who did not have a condition
Definition:
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(negative as in: The test came back negative.) did not find a condition or substance to be present