skin test

A test for detecting an allergy or infectious disease, performed by means of a patch test, scratch test, or intracutaneous injection of an allergen or extract of the disease-causing organism.

skin test

(Medicine) Med any test to determine immunity to a disease or hypersensitivity by introducing a small amount of the test substance beneath the skin or rubbing it into a fresh scratch See scratch test

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Noun

skin test - any test to determine immunity or sensitivity to a disease by introducing small amounts on or into the skin

diagnostic assay, diagnostic test - an assay conducted for diagnostic purposes

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

Translations

skin test n → prova di reazione cutanea

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diagnostic assay
diagnostic test
Dick test
intradermal test
Mantoux test
patch test
Schick test
scratch test
skin
skint
subcutaneous test
tine test
tuberculin skin test
tuberculin test

She's backing a campaign to get hairdressers to offer a skin test when preparing to dye a customer's hair.

HAIR DYE LEFT ME IN HOSPITAL by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

Scientific surveys -- based on tuberculin skin test -- have shown that nearly one third of the global population is latently infected with the tuberculosis germ -- Mycobacterium tuberculosis ( Mtb).

THOUGHT YOU HAD NO TRACE OF TB GERM? THINK AGAIN by Mail Today (New Delhi, India)

Skin test FIRST - Even the gentlest acne home remedy might not work for YOUR sensitive skin, so please be sure to do a skin test FIRST on the back of your arm or the inside of your ear, to see if these home remedies for acne scars will work for your skin.

Gentlest Home Remedies for Acne Scars by Mashubi Rochell / Health care industry community

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