Term: wassermann test: a blood test to detect syphilis; a complement fixation test is used to detect antibodies to the syphilis organism treponema; a positive reaction indicates the presence of antibodies and therefore syphilis infection
Candidate hypernym: complement fixation test: a blood test in which a sample of serum is exposed to a particular antigen and complement in order to determine whether or not antibodies to that particular antigen are present; used as a diagnostic test → 1
Candidate hypernym: center: politically moderate persons; centrists → 0
Candidate hypernym: television equipment: electronic equipment that broadcasts or receives electromagnetic waves representing images and sound → 0
Candidate hypernym: nut tree: tree bearing edible nuts → 0
Candidate hypernym: hypostatization: regarding something abstract as a material thing → 0
Candidate hypernym: kauri pine: any of various trees of the genus Agathis; yield dammar resin → 0
Candidate hypernym: ethane: a colorless odorless alkane gas used as fuel → 0
Candidate hypernym: weather deck: upper deck having no overhead protection from the weather, but sheltering the deck below → 0
Candidate hypernym: squalus: spiny dogfishes → 0
Candidate hypernym: rogue's gallery: a collection of pictures of criminals → 0
Candidate hypernym: paper electrophoresis: electrophoresis carried out on filter paper → 0