noun
a skin test to determine your susceptibility to scarlet fever
• Hypernyms: ↑skin test
* * *
\\ˈdik-\ nounUsage: usually capitalized D
: a test to determine susceptibility or immunity to scarlet fever made by injecting scarlet fever toxin into the skin
* * *
Med.
a test for determining immunity or susceptibility to scarlet fever in which scarlet fever toxin is injected into the skin, susceptibility being characterized by redness at the injection area.
[1920-25; named after G. F. DICK, who devised it]
* * *
Dick test «dihk»,
Medicine. a test for susceptibility to scarlet fever, in which a reaction to the injection into the skin of the scarlet fever toxin indicates a lack of immunity.
╂[< George F. and Gladys Dick, American bacteriologists, who developed it in 1923]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.