Kolmern.
/ˈkɒlmə/ Medicine.
Used attributively and absol. to denote a modification proposed by Kolmer of the Wassermann complement fixation test for syphilis using beef heart cardiolipin as the antigen.
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the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > tests > [noun] > specific test
pneobiomantia1846
blood test1851
drug test1863
Romberg test1872
Rinne1881
Romberg's sign1884
tuberculin test1892
guaiac test1894
agglutination1896
percolation test1899
Pirquet test1908
skin test1908
Wassermann1909
Romberg1915
Pandy('s) test1916
glucose tolerance test1917
Kolmer1921
patch test1922
skin testing1923
provocation1924
Kolmer–Wassermann1925
Queckenstedt1928
Kline1929
Prausnitz–Küstner1929
cross-match1930
Mantoux test1931
paraffin test1935
Paul–Bunnell test1935
stress test1937
Burpee test1939
lepromin test1939
patch testing1941
pinprick1941
breath test1945
provocation test1948
protamine titration1949
Coombs test1950
smear test1950
Schilling test1955
tanned-(red-)cell1956
amniocentesis1958
Pap smear1963
Pap test1963
drugs test1967
Schultz–Charlton1974
amnio1984
cross-matching-
1921 Med. Clinics N. Amer. V. 670 We have studied the results of the Kolmer method of performing the Wassermann test in over 2000 tests.
1971 S. M. Brooks V.D. Story iv. 60 A positive Kolmer or vdrl..practically always indicates nervous system involvement.
1971 Amer. Jrnl. Clin. Path. 55 735 The automated Kolmer test appeared less satisfactory than the manual Kolmer test.
Derivatives
Kolmer–Wassermann n.
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the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > tests > [noun] > specific test
pneobiomantia1846
blood test1851
drug test1863
Romberg test1872
Rinne1881
Romberg's sign1884
tuberculin test1892
guaiac test1894
agglutination1896
percolation test1899
Pirquet test1908
skin test1908
Wassermann1909
Romberg1915
Pandy('s) test1916
glucose tolerance test1917
Kolmer1921
patch test1922
skin testing1923
provocation1924
Kolmer–Wassermann1925
Queckenstedt1928
Kline1929
Prausnitz–Küstner1929
cross-match1930
Mantoux test1931
paraffin test1935
Paul–Bunnell test1935
stress test1937
Burpee test1939
lepromin test1939
patch testing1941
pinprick1941
breath test1945
provocation test1948
protamine titration1949
Coombs test1950
smear test1950
Schilling test1955
tanned-(red-)cell1956
amniocentesis1958
Pap smear1963
Pap test1963
drugs test1967
Schultz–Charlton1974
amnio1984
cross-matching-
the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > tests > [noun] > reactions to tests
red reflex1864
jaw-jerk1886
pseudoreaction1897
Weil–Felix reaction1919
Schultz–Charlton1922
Kolmer–Wassermann1925
Prausnitz–Küstner1929
1925 Jrnl. Laboratory & Clin. Med. 10 315 (heading) Red corpuscle suspension for the Kolmer–Wassermann reaction.
1932 J. F. Schamberg & C. S. Wright Treatm. Syphilis xxxiii. 591 The Kolmer–Wassermann test is not usually positive until the primary lesion has been present for eight days.
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