| hint | A remote allusion; slight mention; intimation; insinuation; a suggestion or reminder, without a full declaration or explanation; also, an occasion or motive. "Our hint of woe Is common." (Shak) "The hint malevolent, the look oblique." (Hannah Me) Synonym: Suggestion, allusion. See Suggestion. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Hinton | William A., U.S. Physician, 1883-1959. See: Hinton test, Mueller-Hinton agar. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hinton test | A formerly widely used precipitin (flocculation) test for syphilis in which the "antigen" consisted of glycerol, cholesterol, and beef heart extract. (05 Mar 2000) |