Term: mantoux test: tuberculin (a derivative of tubercle bacillus) is injected intradermally; a red area appearing 1-3 days later signifies an exposure (past or present) to tubercle bacilli and the need for further testing
Broader: skin test: any test to determine immunity or sensitivity to a disease by introducing small amounts on or into the skin | Unrelated: reassertion: renewed affirmation
Broader: skin test: any test to determine immunity or sensitivity to a disease by introducing small amounts on or into the skin | Unrelated: relapsing fever: marked by recurring high fever and transmitted by the bite of infected lice or ticks; characterized by episodes of high fever and chills and headache and muscle pain and nausea that recur every week or ten days for several months
Broader: skin test: any test to determine immunity or sensitivity to a disease by introducing small amounts on or into the skin | Unrelated: cladogram: a tree diagram used to illustrate phylogenetic relationships
Broader: skin test: any test to determine immunity or sensitivity to a disease by introducing small amounts on or into the skin | Unrelated: potawatomi: a member of the Algonquian people originally of Michigan and Wisconsin
Broader: skin test: any test to determine immunity or sensitivity to a disease by introducing small amounts on or into the skin | Unrelated: clearance: the distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them
Broader: skin test: any test to determine immunity or sensitivity to a disease by introducing small amounts on or into the skin | Unrelated: snobbery: the trait of condescending to those of lower social status
Broader: skin test: any test to determine immunity or sensitivity to a disease by introducing small amounts on or into the skin | Unrelated: alyssum: any garden plant of the genus Alyssum having clusters of small yellow or white flowers
Broader: skin test: any test to determine immunity or sensitivity to a disease by introducing small amounts on or into the skin | Unrelated: hryvnia: the basic unit of money in Ukraine
Broader: skin test: any test to determine immunity or sensitivity to a disease by introducing small amounts on or into the skin | Unrelated: effigy: a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)
Broader: skin test: any test to determine immunity or sensitivity to a disease by introducing small amounts on or into the skin | Unrelated: dirt: the state of being covered with unclean things