| Wassermann test | <investigation> A complement fixation test used to diagnose syphilis. (31 Dec 1997) |
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| water-drinking test | A test of the assessment of open-angle glaucoma, measuring intraocular pressure after drinking a quart of water in five minutes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coin test | In cases of a large pulmonary cavity or of pneumothorax, a clear metallic sound obtained by striking a coin, held against the chest, by another coin, or by flicking the chest wall with one's fingernail; the sound is heard on auscultating the chest wall on the same side anteroposteriorly. Synonym: anvil sound, bell sound, coin test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cold agglutination test | <investigation> A test for blood antibodies which are present in certain peculiar types of pneumonia (atypical pneumonia, Mycoplasma) (27 Sep 1997) |
| cold bend test | A test of the ability of a wire to be shaped; performed by counting the number of times a wire can be bent to a right angle and reversed at the same point before breaking; important in establishing specifications for orthodontic wires. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cold pressor test | A cardiocirculatory challenge conventionally performed by immersing one hand in ice cold water for two or more minutes (as tolerated) to acutely raise the blood pressure, thus imposing resistance to ejection of blood from the left ventricle into the systemic arterial system and consequently acutely increased afterload (afterload = increased left ventricular wall stress). Synonym: Hines-Brown test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Watson-Schwartz test | A qualitative screening test for diagnosis of acute intermittent porphyria by the addition of Ehrlich's reagent and saturated sodium acetate to the urine; a pink or red colour indicates the presence of porphobilinogen or urobilinogen; the former indicates porphyria, the latter does not; therefore, positive results require further differential extraction with butanol and chloroform to eliminate false-positive results due to urobilinogen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| college admission test | Test designed to identify students suitable for admission into a graduate or undergraduate curriculum. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Weber's test for hearing | The application of a vibrating tuning fork to one of several points in the midline of the head or face, to ascertain in which ear the sound is heard best by bone conduction, that ear being the affected one if the sound-conducting apparatus (middle ear) is at fault (positive test), but probably the normal one if the neurosensory apparatus is diseased (negative test). (05 Mar 2000) |
| Webster's test | A test for trinitrotoluene in the urine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Pirquet's test | A cutaneous tuberculin test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Weil-Felix test | <investigation> A serologic fluorescent antibody screen that indicates infection with the rickettsial bacteria which is responsible for Rocky Mountain spotted fever. This test may also be positive in brucellosis, salmonella infection and tularaemia. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Montenegro test | A delayed hypersensitivity test for cutaneous leishmaniasis; a positive test when granulomatous induration exceeds 5 min after 2-3 days at the intradermal injection site of a suspension of leishmanias in phenol. Synonym: Montenegro test. Origin: Leishmania + suffix -in, component, derivative (05 Mar 2000) |
| colourimetric caries susceptibility test | A colourimetric test for determining dental caries activity or susceptibility based on the rate of acid production by acidogenic oral microorganisms (e.g., lactobacillus) in a glucose medium, using bromcresol green as the indicator, and producing a colour change from green to yellow. Synonym: colourimetric caries susceptibility test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| colourimetric test | <investigation> A test that depends on a colour change to demonstrate the presence (or absence) of a particular compound or chemical. Examples include home urine pregnancy testing, finger stick blood glucose testing and urinalysis (dip urine). (27 Sep 1997) |