nontreponemal antigen test
any of various tests detecting serum antibodies to
reagin (cardiolipin and lecithin) derived from host tissues in the diagnosis of the
Treponema pallidum infection of
syphilis.
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Was·ser·mann test
(vahs'ĕr-mahn), a complement-fixation test used in the diagnosis of syphilis; originally the "antigen" was an extract of liver from a syphilitic fetus, but later the active substance, referred to as cardiolipin, was found to be present in normal tissues, including heart, and has been identified as a diphosphatidylglycerol.
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Wassermann test
n. A diagnostic test for syphilis involving the fixation or inactivation of complement by an antibody in a blood serum sample.
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Wassermann,
August P. von, German bacteriologist, 1866-1925. provocative Wassermann test - an obsolete test of historical interest only.
Wassermann antibody - evoked during syphilitic infection.
Wassermann test - a complement-fixation test used in the diagnosis of syphilis. Synonym(s):
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