agglutination test

Noun
  1. A blood test used to identify unknown antigens;
    Blood with the unknown antigen is mixed with a known antibody and whether or not agglutination occurs helps to identify the antigen;
    Used in tissue matching and blood grouping and diagnosis of infections (synset 105747558)
    is a type of: blood test - a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
    subtypes:
    • heterophil test - a blood test to detect heterophil antibodies that agglutinate sheep red blood cells; positive result indicates infectious mononucleosis
    • widal test, widal's test - a test for detecting typhoid fever and other salmonella infections

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