MANTOUX TEST


Meaning of MANTOUX TEST in English

/man tooh", man"tooh/ ; Fr. /mahonn tooh"/ , Med.

a test for tuberculosis in which a hypersensitive reaction to an intracutaneous injection of tuberculin indicates a previous or current infection.

[ 1930-35; named after C. Mantoux (1877-1947), French physician ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .