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a skin test in which the antigen is injected below the skin. Called also intracutaneous t.Medical dictionary. 2011.
intradermal test — noun a form of skin test in which the suspected allergen is injected into the skin • Syn: ↑subcutaneous test • Hypernyms: ↑skin test * * * noun : intracutaneous test … Useful english dictionary
intradermal test — noun Date: 1916 a test for immunity or hypersensitivity made by injecting a minute amount of diluted antigen into the skin … New Collegiate Dictionary
Casoni intradermal test (reaction) — Ca·so·ni intradermal test (reaction) (kə soґne) [Tommaso Casoni, Italian physician, 1880–1933] see under test … Medical dictionary
Casoni intradermal test — (for hydatid disease) after injection into the skin of hydatid fluid, if there is immediate or delayed production of a wheal and flare reaction, this denotes hydatid infection. The test is now little used because of low specificity … Medical dictionary
test — 1. To prove; to try a substance; to determine the chemical nature of a substance by means of reagents. 2. A method of examination, as to determine the presence or absence of a definite disease or of some substance in any of the fluids, tissues,… … Medical dictionary
Intradermal (ID) — In the skin. An intradermal (ID) injection is given into the skin. Intradermal tests are a type of skin test. An agent is injected into the skin to test the reaction to the agent (often a protein). Intradermal tests are much used to diagnose… … Medical dictionary
intradermal tuberculin test — a tuberculin test in which tuberculin is injected below the skin; see specific tests, including Heaf t., Mantoux t., and tine t … Medical dictionary
Mantoux test — Man·toux test .man .tü , .män n an intradermal test for hypersensitivity to tuberculin that indicates past or present infection with tubercle bacilli see TUBERCULIN TEST Man·toux män tü Charles (1877 1947) French physician. Mantoux introduced his … Medical dictionary
intracutaneous test — n INTRADERMAL TEST * * * intradermal t … Medical dictionary
skin test — noun any test to determine immunity or sensitivity to a disease by introducing small amounts on or into the skin • Hypernyms: ↑diagnostic test, ↑diagnostic assay • Hyponyms: ↑Dick test, ↑patch test, ↑Schick test, ↑scratch test, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
