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Mantoux test

Mantoux test

4.5
A skin check done by putting a small amount under the skin to show past or current tuberculosis exposure
  • noun
  • /mænˈtuː tɛst/
  • Specialized
translation icon : prueba de Mantoux
  • The doctor recommended the Mantoux test to check for tuberculosis exposure.

Examples

  • The Mantoux test was negative.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Others were Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR), Mantoux test, and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) screening.

    Academic text (2007)

  • The Mantoux test was done for 32 patients.

    Academic text (2007)

  • After the Mantoux test, the nurse explained the significance of the skin reaction.

  • Many schools require a Mantoux test before allowing students to participate in health programs.

Synonyms

tuberculin skin test
vsMantoux test
  • Specialized
5.0

A test that checks if you have been exposed to tuberculosis bacteria by putting a small medicine under the skin

uses a technical medical phrasing for the injection method rather than plain wording
TST
vsMantoux test
  • Specialized
6.0

A skin test that checks if someone has been exposed to tuberculosis

is the full formal test name rather than an abbreviation
tuberculin test
vsMantoux test
  • Specialized
4.7

A skin test where a doctor puts a small amount of tuberculin under the skin to check for tuberculosis

tests for any exposure rather than proving an actual infection

How Invasive

blood test
131 2.3
Mantoux test
  • Specialized
4.5
tine test
  • Archaic
8.7

Surface Forms

Mantoux test singular
Mantoux tests plural

Morphology

Mantoux + test

Mantoux is an eponymic proper name that gives no lexical clue to the procedure, and knowing only 'test' does not allow a learner to infer that it is an intradermal tuberculosis screening. Eponymous medical terms are language- and culture-specific and require specialist knowledge, so the specific meaning is not derivable by a B1 learner from the constituents.

Etymology

The Mantoux test is named after French doctor Charles Mantoux, who used a tiny injection of tuberculin just under the skin and watched for a small raised bump. That bump showed if the body had seen 'tuberculosis' before, so the name now means the skin check for that infection.