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Definitions: Wassermann |
WassermannNoun1. German bacteriologist who developed a diagnostic test for syphilis (1866-1925). 2. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: WassermannSynonyms: Agust von Wassermann (n), Wasserman reaction (n), Wassermann test (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: cardiolipin Wassermann reaction (medicine), Cerebrospinal Fluid Wassermann Reaction, serum wassermann reaction. |
Crosswords: Wassermann |
| English words defined with "Wassermann": Agust von Wassermann ♦ Wassermann test. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Wassermann" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. German (aquarius, merman, water bearer, water-carrier, water-sprite). |
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| The following table summarizes the usage of "Wassermann" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Wassermann | Last name | 100 | 76,329 |
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Expressions using "Wassermann": Agust von Wassermann ♦ Wassermann test. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
wassermann | 21 |
juanita wassermann | 10 |
alfa wassermann | 8 |
pj wassermann | 3 |
test wassermann | 3 |
jakob wassermann | 2 |
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"Wassermann" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Casselman, Kasterman, wasserman, Wassira. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-m-n-n-r-s-s-w" | |
-2 letters: warmness. | |
-3 letters: amasser, answers, manners, newsman, rawness, seawans, wanness. | |
-4 letters: anears, answer, arenas, aswarm, mannas, manner, manses, marses, masers, mensas, messan, namers, ramens, remans, resawn, resaws, sansar, sarans, sarsen, sawers, seaman, seawan, sennas, sewans, sewars, smears, snares, swarms, swears, wanner, wrasse. | |
-5 letters: amass, amens, anear, annas, ansae, areas, arena, arses, aware, earns, maars, manas. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)57 61 73 73 65 72 6D 61 6E 6E |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010111 01100001 01110011 01110011 01100101 01110010 01101101 01100001 01101110 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)W a s s e r m a n n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0057 0061 0073 0073 0065 0072 006D 0061 006E 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)57678585718479678080 |
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