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COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A blood test in which a sample of serum is exposed to a particular antigen and complement in order to determine whether or not antibodies to that particular antigen are present; used as a diagnostic test
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("complement fixation test" is a kind of...):
blood test (a serologic analysis of a sample of blood)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "complement fixation test"):
Wasserman reaction; Wassermann; Wassermann test (a blood test to detect syphilis; a complement fixation test is used to detect antibodies to the syphilis organism treponema; a positive reaction indicates the presence of antibodies and therefore syphilis infection)
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