Dick test

English

Etymology

From the name of the US inventor of the test, George Frederick Dick.

Noun

Dick test (plural Dick tests)

  1. A test to check whether someone is immune to scarlet fever, by injecting a diluted strain of the streptococci and observing any skin reaction.
  • Dick toxin
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