Coombs test

Coombs test
Coombs test 'kümz- n an agglutination test used to detect proteins and esp. antibodies on the surface of red blood cells
Coombs Robert Royston Amos (b 1921)
British immunologist. Coombs, along with A. E. Mourant and R. R. Race, devised in 1945 the test now known as the Coombs test.

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(kmz) [Robin Royston Amos Coombs, British immunologist, born 1921] see antiglobulin test, under test.

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