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• test — 1. To prove; to try a substance; to determine the chemical nature of a substance by means of reagents. 2. A method of examination, as to determine the presence or absence of a definite disease or of some substance in any of the fluids, tissues,… …   Medical dictionary

• Coombs test — Diagnostics MeSH D003298 Coombs test (also known as Coombs test, antiglobulin test or AGT) refers to two clinical blood tests used in immunohematology and immunology. The t …   Wikipedia

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• Kleihauer-Betke test — The Kleihauer Betke ( KB ) test, Kleihauer Betke ( KB ) stain or Kleihauer test, is a blood test used to measure the amount of fetal hemoglobin transferred from a fetus to a mother s bloodstreamcite journal author=Katiyar R, Kriplani A, Agarwal N …   Wikipedia

• antiglobulin test — (AGT) a test for the presence of nonagglutinating antibodies against red blood cells, using antihuman globulin antibody to agglutinate cells coated with the nonagglutinating antibody. The direct antiglobulin test detects antibodies bound to… …   Medical dictionary

• fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption test — FTA ABS test; a highly specific treponemal antigen serologic test for syphilis; patient serum is absorbed with other treponemes to remove nonspecific antibodies, then reacted with a strain of Treponema pallidum fixed to a glass slide; specific… …   Medical dictionary

• triiodothyronine resin uptake test — (for thyroid function) determination of the number of sites on thyroxine binding globulin (TBG) that are occupied by endogenous triiodothyronine (T3) and how many sites remain available. An excess of radioactive exogenous triiodothyronine is… …   Medical dictionary

• antihuman globulin (AHG) test — direct antiglobulin test; see antiglobulin test …   Medical dictionary

• HCG pregnancy strip test — HCG is human chorionic gonadotropin hormone secreted by corpus luteum and placenta to maintain the fetal viability. It is secreted in the urine of pregnant women. Detection of this hormone in urine or serum constitutes an easy and first method of …   Wikipedia

• anti–human globulin serum — [USP] monospecific or broad spectrum antiserum produced by immunizing a rabbit or other animal with human plasma proteins; used in the antiglobulin test (Coombs test) and immunoelectrophoresis …   Medical dictionary

• blood group — Med. any of various classes into which human blood can be divided according to immunological compatibility, based on the presence or absence of specific antigens on red blood cells. Also called blood type. Cf. ABO system, Rh factor. [1915 20] * * …   Universalium