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Dick test

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Dick test
n.
A skin test used to determine immunity or susceptibility to scarlet fever.
[After George Frederick Dick and Gladys Henry Dick.]
Dick test [dɪk]
n
(Medicine / Pathology) a skin test for determining whether a person is immune or susceptible to scarlet fever
[named after George F. Dick (1881-1967), US physician who devised it]
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Noun1.Dick test - a skin test to determine your susceptibility to scarlet fever
skin test - any test to determine immunity or sensitivity to a disease by introducing small amounts on or into the skin


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