wassermann test(n = noun.cognition) wasserman reaction, wassermann - 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;
is a kind of complement fixation test

wassermann test, n. a test for syphilis using the reaction of the patient's blood serum.

Etymology:
A. von Wassermann, Ger. pathologist d. 1925

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