| DSM | dextrose solution mixture; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual [of Mental Disorders]; Diploma in Socia... |
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| DSM-III-R | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders [of APA], third edition, revised |
| DSM-IV | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders [of APA], fourth edition |
| DTT | diagnostic and therapeutic team; diphtheria tetanus toxoid; direct transverse traction; dithiothreit... |
| HMDC | health maintenance and diagnostic center |
| haemagglutination inhibition tests | Serologic tests in which a known quantity of antigen is added to the serum prior to the addition of a red cell suspension. Reaction result is expressed as the smallest amount of antigen which causes complete inhibition of haemagglutination. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| haemagglutination tests | Sensitive tests to measure certain antigens, antibodies, or viruses, using their ability to agglutinate certain erythrocytes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| haematologic tests | Tests used in the analysis of the hemic system. (12 Dec 1998) |
| precipitin tests | Serologic tests in which a positive reaction manifested by visible precipitation occurs when a soluble antigen reacts with its antibody. (12 Dec 1998) |
| predictive value of tests | In screening and diagnostic tests, the probability that a person with a positive test is a true positive (i.e., has the disease), is referred to as the predictive value of a positive test; whereas, the predictive value of a negative test is the probability that the person with a negative test does not have the disease. Predictive value is related to the sensitivity and specificity of the test. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pregnancy tests | Tests to determine whether or not an individual is pregnant. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cytotoxicity tests, immunologic | The demonstration of the cytotoxic effect on a target cell of a lymphocyte, a mediator released by a sensitised lymphocyte, an antibody, or complement. (12 Dec 1998) |
| psychological tests | Standardised tests designed to measure abilities, as in intelligence, aptitude, and achievement tests, or to evaluate personality traits. (12 Dec 1998) |
| psychomotor tests | Psychological test's which, although based on other psychological processes (e.g., sensory, perceptual), require a motor reaction such as copying designs, building blocks, or manipulating controls. (05 Mar 2000) |
| serologic tests | Diagnostic procedures involving immunoglobulin reactions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| speech articulation tests | Tests of accuracy in pronouncing speech sounds, e.g., iowa pressure articulation test, deep test of articulation, templin-darley tests of articulation, goldman-fristoe test of articulation, screening speech articulation test, arizona articulation proficiency scale. (12 Dec 1998) |
| speech discrimination tests | Tests of the ability to hear and understand speech as determined by scoring the number of words in a word list repeated correctly. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nasal provocation tests | Application of allergens to the nasal mucosa. Interpretation includes observation of nasal symptoms, rhinoscopy, and rhinomanometry. Nasal provocaton tests are used in the diagnosis of nasal hypersensitivity, including hay fever. (12 Dec 1998) |
| neuropsychological tests | Tests designed to assess neurological function associated with certain behaviours. They are used in diagnosing brain dysfunction or damage and central nervous system disorders or injury. (12 Dec 1998) |
| neutralization tests | Titration of an antiserum by testing a series of dilutions of virus or immune serum to a given end-point, which is generally the dilution at which tissue cultures inoculated with the serum-virus mixtures demonstrate cytopathology (cpe) or the dilution at which 50% of test animals injected with serum-virus mixtures show infectivity (id50) or die (ld50). (12 Dec 1998) |