- diphtheria test
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Medical dictionary. 2011.
diphtheria test
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Schick test — n. test discovered by Bela Schick to test susceptibility to diphtheria in which an injection of nontoxic diphtheria is given under the skin to determine whether a patient is immune to diphtheria (if red patch appears on the skin at the point of… … English contemporary dictionary
