BLOOD TEST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blood test mean? 

• BLOOD TEST (noun)
  The noun BLOOD TEST has 1 sense:

1. a serologic analysis of a sample of blood

  Familiarity information: BLOOD TEST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLOOD TEST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A serologic analysis of a sample of blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("blood test" is a kind of...):

biopsy (examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blood test"):

agglutination test (a blood test used to identify unknown antigens; blood with the unknown antigen is mixed with a known antibody and whether or not agglutination occurs helps to identify the antigen; used in tissue matching and blood grouping and diagnosis of infections)

complement fixation test (a blood test in which a sample of serum is exposed to a particular antigen and complement in order to determine whether or not antibodies to that particular antigen are present; used as a diagnostic test)

PSA blood test (a blood test that measures levels of a protein called prostate specific antigen that is manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland; men with prostate problems usually have elevated levels of PSA)

 Context examples 

Doctors use lung function tests, imaging tests, and blood tests to diagnose COPD.

(COPD, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

These include physical exams, imaging tests, laboratory tests (such as blood tests), and biopsies.

(Clinical stage, NCI Dictionary)

A blood test can tell whether a person has ever been infected with CMV.

(Cytomegalovirus Infections, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

EXAMPLE(S): Clinic visit during which a physical exam, a blood test, and a substance administration occur.

(Defined Subject Activity Group, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

A final diagnosis that is made after getting the results of tests, such as blood tests and biopsies, that are done to find out if a certain disease or condition is present.

(Definitive diagnosis, NCI Dictionary)

Your doctor will diagnose cirrhosis with blood tests, imaging tests, or a biopsy.

(Cirrhosis, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

There are usually no signs or symptoms that you have high blood cholesterol, but it can be detected with a blood test.

(Cholesterol, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Blood tests can help your doctor diagnose the disease.

(Celiac Disease, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

A laboratory blood test to measure carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), a protein found in many types of cells, but is associated with tumors.

(CEA assay, NCI Thesaurus)

Your health care provider may take a sample or culture from your skin or do a blood test to identify the bacteria causing infection.

(Cellulitis, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)