PATCH TEST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does patch test mean? 

• PATCH TEST (noun)
  The noun PATCH TEST has 1 sense:

1. a test to determine allergic sensitivity by applying small pads soaked with allergen to the unbroken skin

  Familiarity information: PATCH TEST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PATCH TEST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A test to determine allergic sensitivity by applying small pads soaked with allergen to the unbroken skin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("patch test" is a kind of...):

skin test (any test to determine immunity or sensitivity to a disease by introducing small amounts on or into the skin)