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SKIN TEST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any test to determine immunity or sensitivity to a disease by introducing small amounts on or into the skin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("skin test" is a kind of...):
diagnostic assay; diagnostic test (an assay conducted for diagnostic purposes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "skin test"):
Dick test (a skin test to determine your susceptibility to scarlet fever)
patch test (a test to determine allergic sensitivity by applying small pads soaked with allergen to the unbroken skin)
Schick test (a skin test for immunity to diphtheria)
scratch test (a test to determine allergic sensitivity to various substances by applying them to scratches in the skin)
tuberculin skin test; tuberculin test (a skin test to determine past or present infection with the tuberculosis bacterium; based on hypersensitivity of the skin to tuberculin)
intradermal test; subcutaneous test (a form of skin test in which the suspected allergen is injected into the skin)
