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Noun: Wassermann test  wó-sur-mun test
  1. A blood test to detect syphilis; a complement fixation test is used to detect antibodies to the syphilis organism treponema; a positive reaction indicates the presence of antibodies and therefore syphilis infection
    - Wasserman reaction, Wassermann

Derived forms: Wassermann tests

Type of: complement fixation test

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