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WIDAL'S TEST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Widal's test mean? 

WIDAL'S TEST (noun)
  The noun WIDAL'S TEST has 1 sense:

1. a test for detecting typhoid fever and other salmonella infectionsplay

  Familiarity information: WIDAL'S TEST used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WIDAL'S TEST (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A test for detecting typhoid fever and other salmonella infections

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

Widal's test; Widal test

Hypernyms ("Widal's test" is a kind of...):

agglutination test (a blood test used to identify unknown antigens; blood with the unknown antigen is mixed with a known antibody and whether or not agglutination occurs helps to identify the antigen; used in tissue matching and blood grouping and diagnosis of infections)


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