blood test
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blood test (plural blood tests)
- A serologic analysis of a sample of blood; a test in which blood is removed from a subject and analyzed to determine the presence or levels of any of a variety of substances which indicate whether the subject has health problems.
- 1988 April 16, Mike Smith, “AIDS and Syphilis”, in Gay Community News, page 5:
- HIV-positive persons may test falsely on the standard syphilis blood tests because they may not be able to mount the "normal" immunological response required of such tests.
- An analysis of blood performed on two subjects to determine whether they are biologically related, such as a paternity test.
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a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
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