ˈäˌshīmˈz]ändik-, ˈäshˌhīm-, -mˈts], ]ȯn- -ˌdek-\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized A&Z
Etymology: after Selmar Aschheim b 1878 and Bernhard Zondek b 1891 German gynecologists
: a test used (1) to determine human pregnancy in its early stages on the basis of the effect of a subcutaneous injection of the patient's urine on the ovaries of an immature female mouse or (2) to diagnose the presence in a man or woman of a tumor containing embryonic elements (as choriocarcinoma)