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[syn: Widal test, Widal's test]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Widal's test \Wi*dal's" test\, or Widal test \Wi*dal" test\ or
Widal reaction \Wi*dal" reaction\ . [After Fernand Widal (b.
1862), French physician.] (Med.)
A test for typhoid fever based on the fact that blood serum
of one affected, in a bouillon culture of typhoid bacilli,
causes the bacilli to agglutinate and lose their motility.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Widal test
n 1: a test for detecting typhoid fever and other salmonella
infections [syn: Widal test, Widal's test]