complement fixation test

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 105749894)
    is a type of: blood test - a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
    subtypes: wasserman reaction, wassermann, 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

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