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Definition: Skin Test |
Skin TestNoun1. Any test to determine immunity or sensitivity to a disease by introducing small amounts on or into the skin. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | A test for an immune response to a compound by placing it on or under the skin. (references) |
Medicine | A method for determining induced sensitivity(allergy)by applying an antigen(allergen)to, or inoculating it into, the skin; induced sensitivity to the specific antigen is indicated by an immediate or a delayed inflammatory reaction. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Skin Test |
| English words defined with "skin test": Dick test ♦ intradermal test ♦ patch test ♦ Schick test, scratch test, subcutaneous test ♦ tine test, tuberculin skin test, tuberculin test. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "skin test": Bleeding Time, breaker operator ♦ ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC TECHNICIAN, emg technicia ♦ Leprosy, Tuberculoid ♦ nicker and breaker ♦ scratch-test, skin irritation, Skin Test End-Point Titration, Streptodornase and Streptokinase ♦ TESTER OPERATOR. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Mantoux intradermal tuberculin skin test for tuberculosis. Credit: CDC. |  | Man's arm showing positive skin test for hydatid disease (echinococcosis). Credit: CDC. |
 | After a positive skin test, one is required to have a chest x-ray to see if the subject has the active form of the disease. Credit: CDC. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Injection drug users who have positive skin test reactions. (references) | |
The findings from this research may help scientists develop a skin test to diagnose stronglyloidiasis. (references) | ||
A positive TB skin test, and in some cases a chest x-ray, may provide the only evidence of the infection. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expressions using "skin test": Skin Test End-Point Titration ♦ tuberculin skin test. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "skin test"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | priktestning (cutaneous test), kutantest (cutaneous test), hudtest (skin testing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | lapjesproef (epicutaneous test, patch test, skin testing), huidreactie (cutaneous test), epidemoreactie (skin testing), cutireactie (cutaneous test). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | epikutaanitesti (skin testing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | tests épicutanés (skin testing), épreuve cutanée. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Kutantest (cutaneous test), Hauttest (cutaneous test), Hautprobe (cutaneous test), Epikutantest (epicutaneous test, patch test, skin testing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | επιδερμικές δοκιμασίες (skin testing), δερματική δοκιμασία (cutaneous test). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | test da contatto (epicutaneous test, patch test, skin testing), test cutanei (skin testing), prova di reazione cutanea, prova cutanea (cutaneous test), patch tests (skin testing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | inskay esttay teste de pele (cutaneous test), teste cutâneo (cutaneous test). (various references) test epicutáneo (skin testing), test del parche (skin testing), prueba epicutánea (skin testing), prueba dermatológica, prueba del parche (skin testing), prueba cutánea (cutaneous test). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-k-n-s-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: kittens. | |
-2 letters: insets, kitten, sitten, skeins, skites, steins, stinks, stints, testis. | |
-3 letters: inset, kines, kists, kites, knits, neist, nests, netts, nites, senti, setts, sikes, sines, sinks, sites, skein, skies, skins, skint, skite, skits, snits, stein, stets, sties, stink, stint, tents, tests, tikes, tines, tints. | |
-4 letters: inks, kens, kent, kine, kins, kiss, kist, kite, kits. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-k-n-s-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: stinkiest. | |
+2 letters: knottiness, stockinets. | |
+3 letters: buttinskies, kineticists. | |
+4 letters: kinetoplasts, knottinesses, skittishness, stockinettes. | |
+5 letters: kittenishness, statesmanlike, streptokinase, talkativeness. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 6B 69 6E 54 65 73 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101011 01101001 01101110 00100000 01010100 01100101 01110011 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S k i n   T e s t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006B 0069 006E 0054 0065 0073 0074 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53777580254718586 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, dinamarquês, danés |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, holandês, holandés |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finlandese, finlandês, finês, finlandés, finés |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, francês, francés |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, tedesco, alemão, alemán |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, grego, griego |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, português, portugués |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, espanhol, español |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, inglês, inglés |
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