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Dick test

American

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.

Dick test British

/ dɪk /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Dick test

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

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