string test

1. an infrequently used test to locate gastrointestinal hemorrhage; a weighted string is repeatedly swallowed and removed, each time allowing the string to go further down the intestine until blood is encountered;

2. a similar procedure to obtain a specimen from the bowel lumen.

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Obstetrics See Spinnbarkeit
Rheumatology See Mucin clot test
Urology A macroscopic method for determining active spermatogenesis; the testicle is bisected, forceps are used to grasp the parenchyma and visually note the separation of the strands of fibres

string test

Obstetrics See Spinnbarkeit Rheumatology See Mucin clot test Urology A macroscopic method for determining active spermatogenesis; the testicle is bisected, forceps are used to grasp the parenchyma and visually note the separation of the strands of fibers.

String test

A test performed to diagnose threadworm infection. The patient is asked to swallow a weighted string that absorbs stomach juices, which can be analyzed for the presence of threadworm larvae.

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The phenotype, easily detected at the bench by the string test (5), has been associated with a chromosomal gene, the mucoviscosity-associated gene A (magA), and a plasmid gene, the regulator of the mucoid phenotype A gene (rmpA).

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