intracutaneous test

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noun

Immunology.

a test for immunity or allergy to a particular antigen by observing the local reaction following injection of a small amount of the antigen into the skin.

Etymology

Origin of intracutaneous test

First recorded in 1955–60

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intracutaneous test

This is the intracutaneous test as originally suggested by Mantoux.

From Nurses' Papers on Tuberculosis : read before the Nurses' Study Circle of the Dispensary Department, Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium by Various

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