Dick test

noun

, Medicine/Medical.

1. 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.

Dick test

/ dɪk /

noun

1. a skin test for determining whether a person is immune or susceptible to scarlet fever

Word History and Origins

Origin of Dick test¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Dick test¹

C20: named after George F. Dick (1881–1967), US physician who devised it