COMPLEMENT-FIXATION TEST


Meaning of COMPLEMENT-FIXATION TEST in English

/kom"pleuh meuhnt fik say"sheuhn/ , Med.

a test for diagnosing an infectious disease by detecting the presence of antibody in the blood, based on the fixing of a known quantity of complement to the antigen being tested and the specific antibody that combines with it. Abbr.: CFT

[ 1910-15 ]

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