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noun Medicine/Medical.
a test for determining immunity or susceptibility to scarlet fever in which scarlet fever toxin is injected into the skin, susceptibility being characterized by redness at the injection area.
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Origin of Dick test
1920–25; named after G. F. Dick, who devised it
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Dick test
/ (dɪk) /
noun
a skin test for determining whether a person is immune or susceptible to scarlet fever
Word Origin for Dick test
C20: named after George F. Dick (1881–1967), US physician who devised it
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