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
Broader: 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 | Unrelated: center: politically moderate persons; centrists
Broader: 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 | Unrelated: television equipment: electronic equipment that broadcasts or receives electromagnetic waves representing images and sound
Broader: 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 | Unrelated: nut tree: tree bearing edible nuts
Broader: 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 | Unrelated: hypostatization: regarding something abstract as a material thing
Broader: 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 | Unrelated: kauri pine: any of various trees of the genus Agathis; yield dammar resin
Broader: 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 | Unrelated: ethane: a colorless odorless alkane gas used as fuel
Broader: 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 | Unrelated: weather deck: upper deck having no overhead protection from the weather, but sheltering the deck below
Broader: 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 | Unrelated: squalus: spiny dogfishes
Broader: 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 | Unrelated: rogue's gallery: a collection of pictures of criminals