HETEROPHIL TEST

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Meaning:

A blood test to detect heterophil antibodies that agglutinate sheep red blood cells; positive result indicates infectious mononucleosis

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Hypernyms ("heterophil 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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