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WASSERMAN REACTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Wasserman reaction mean? 

WASSERMAN REACTION (noun)
  The noun WASSERMAN REACTION has 1 sense:

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 infectionplay

  Familiarity information: WASSERMAN REACTION used as a noun is very rare.


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WASSERMAN REACTION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

Wasserman reaction; Wassermann; Wassermann test

Hypernyms ("Wasserman reaction" is a kind of...):

complement fixation test (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)


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