SCHICK TEST


Meaning of SCHICK TEST in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈshik- ]

noun

Etymology: Béla Schick

Date: 1916

: a test for susceptibility to diphtheria by cutaneous injection of a diluted diphtheria toxin that causes an area of reddening and induration in susceptible individuals

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