PATERNITY TEST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paternity test mean? 

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

1. a test based on blood groups to determine whether a particular man could be the biological father of a particular child; negative results prove he was not the father but positive results show only that he could be

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PATERNITY TEST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A test based on blood groups to determine whether a particular man could be the biological father of a particular child; negative results prove he was not the father but positive results show only that he could be

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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

assay; check (an appraisal of the state of affairs)