noun
a skin test for immunity to diphtheria
• Hypernyms: ↑skin test
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\\ˈshik-\ nounUsage: usually capitalized S
Etymology: after Béla Schick died 1967 American pediatrician
: a test for susceptibility to diphtheria performed by injecting a suitable amount of diphtheria toxin into the skin upon which susceptible persons develop an area of redness and slight infiltration followed by some desquamation while immune persons show no reaction
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Med.
a diphtheria immunity test in which diphtheria toxoid is injected intracutaneously, nonimmunity being indicated by an inflammation at the injection site.
[1915-20; named after B. SCHICK]
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Schick test, Schick's test /shik(s) test/
noun
A test for susceptibility to diphtheria, made by injecting the skin with a measured amount of diphtheria toxin
ORIGIN: Bela Schick (1877–1967), US paediatrician
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Schick test «shihk»,
a test to determine if a person is immune to diphtheria, made by injecting a very small amount of diphtheria toxin under the skin. Reddening of the skin shows lack of immunity.
╂[< Béla Schick, 1877-1967, an American pediatrician born in Hungary, who developed it]
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[shik]n. Medicine a test for previously acquired immunity to diphtheria, using an intradermal injection of diphtheria toxin
Origin:
early 20th cent.: named after Bela Schick (1877 - 1967), Hungarian-born American pediatrician
Useful english dictionary. 2012.