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Wassermann test

noun
1.
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.  Synonyms: Wasserman reaction, Wassermann.






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"Wassermann test" Quotes from Famous Books



... would lessen the incidence of infection. On the first suspicious sign of venereal disease the patient should apply at once for medical advice. There are methods of diagnosis, such as microscopic examination and the Wassermann test, the result of recent discovery, which make diagnosis simple and certain; and if treatment is begun early according to modern methods, which are much more effective than the remedies formerly applied, the germs of infection ...
— Venereal Diseases in New Zealand (1922) • Committee Of The Board Of Health



Words linked to "Wassermann test" :   complement fixation test, Wasserman reaction



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