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Aschheim-Zondek test

[ ahsh-hahym-tson-dek, -zon- ]

/ ˈɑʃ haɪmˈtsɒn dɛk, -ˈzɒn- /

noun Medicine/Medical.

a test used to detect whether a woman is pregnant by noting the effect on the ovaries of an immature mouse or rabbit injected with her urine.

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Origin of Aschheim-Zondek test

named after S. Aschheim (1878–1965), German gynecologist, and B. Zondek (1891–1966), Israeli gynecologist born in Germany

Also called A-Z test.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019