DICK TEST


Meaning of DICK TEST in English

Med.

a test for determining immunity or susceptibility to scarlet fever in which scarlet fever toxin is injected into the skin, susceptibility being characterized by redness at the injection area.

[ 1920-25; named after G. F. DICK, who devised it ]

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