agglutination test
- noun
- /əˌɡluːtɪˈneɪʃən tɛst/
- Specialized
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prueba de aglutinación
- The doctor performed an agglutination test to determine the patient's blood type before the transfusion.
- latex agglutination test
Examples
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Colonies that had a positive reaction were tested with a latex agglutination test for E. coli O157:H7 (Oxoid Ltd., Basingstoke, Hampshire, England).
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On July 10, Zammit showed that the agglutination test was as reliable to detect antibodies in milk as in blood, making mass testing of goats feasible.
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With mounting excitement, he discovered that, one after the other, five out of the six reacted strongly to M. melitensis in the specific agglutination test.
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It has been found that the results of the direct agglutination test are less reproducible than those obtained from dye tests.
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There were radioimmunoassays, maybe agglutination tests, gram stains, Petri dishes, nothing much, OK?
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The evaluation of IFAT and the Modified Agglutination Test (MAT) has been done, suggesting a few advantages of MAT over IFAT.
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It has been reported that the variation of titers determined by DAT and the latex agglutination test (LAT) during the course of infection is not comparable.
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During the study, researchers used an agglutination test to identify the specific antibody response in patients infected with the virus.
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A positive agglutination test indicated that the patient's blood contained the necessary antigens for diagnosis.
Synonyms
A lab test that uses antibodies to find or measure proteins in body samples
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is directly compositional: a B1 learner who knows 'agglutination' (clumping of particles/cells) and 'test' can infer this is a test that looks for clumping. The specific medical procedures (antibodies, blood typing) are domain details but do not prevent the basic meaning being transparently derived from the constituents and the common noun+test pattern.
Etymology
Agglutination test gets its name from agglutination, a word that means tiny cells 'stick together' and form clumps. In the test, blood mixed with a known antibody makes certain cells clump, so seeing those clumps tells the doctor what the test has found.
