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paternity test

A test using blood group identification of a mother, child, and putative father to establish the probability of paternity.

paternity test

[pətur′nitē]

Etymology: L, pater + testum, crucible

a test based on genetic blood groups and used mainly to exclude the possibility that a particular man could be the father of a specific child. For example, a man with group AB blood could not be the father of a child with group O blood.

paternity test,

n a test based on genetic blood groups or other means and used mainly to exclude the possibility that a particular man could be the father of a specific child. Also called a
blood test.

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