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HETEROPHIL TEST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does heterophil test mean?
• HETEROPHIL TEST (noun)
The noun HETEROPHIL TEST has 1 sense:
1. a blood test to detect heterophil antibodies that agglutinate sheep red blood cells; positive result indicates infectious mononucleosis
Familiarity information: HETEROPHIL TEST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A blood test to detect heterophil antibodies that agglutinate sheep red blood cells; positive result indicates infectious mononucleosis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("heterophil test" is a kind of...):
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)
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