provocative Wassermann test

pro·voc·a·tive Was·ser·mann test

(vahs'ĕr-mahn),

an obsolete test of historical interest only; the use of the Wassermann test from 1 or 2 days to 1 or 2 weeks after the administration of arsphenamine or neoarsphenamine; the result may then be positive when before the giving of arsphenamine it was negative.

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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 reaction - Synonym(s): Wassermann test

Wassermann test - a complement-fixation test used in the diagnosis of syphilis. Synonym(s): Wassermann reaction

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