confirming

adj 1: (med) indicating existence or presence of a suspected

condition or pathogen; "a positive pregnancy test"

[syn: {positive}] [ant: {negative}]

2: serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence"

[syn: {collateral}, {confirmative}, {confirmatory}, {corroborative},

{corroboratory}, {substantiating}, {substantiative}, {validating},

{validatory}, {verificatory}, {verifying}]