Dick test

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.

Origin of Dick test

1920–25; named after G. F. Dick, who devised it

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

British Dictionary definitions for dick test

Dick test

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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

dick test in Medicine

Dick test

[dĭk]

n.

A skin test used to determine immunity or susceptibility to scarlet fever.