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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 mononucleosisplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


HETEROPHIL TEST (noun)


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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