- Prausnitz-KÑŒstner reaction (test)
- Praus·nitz-KÑŒst·ner reaction (test) (prousґnits kēstґner) [Otto Carl Willy Prausnitz, German hygienist, 1876–1963; Heinz KÑŒstner, German gynecologist, 1897–1963] see under reaction.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Prausnitz-KÑŒstner reaction (test)
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