Dick test

noun

Etymology

From the name of the US inventor of the test, George Frederick Dick.

Definitions

  1. A test to check whether someone is immune to scarlet fever, by injecting a diluted strain…

    A test to check whether someone is immune to scarlet fever, by injecting a diluted strain of the streptococci and observing any skin reaction.

The neighborhood

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