patch-testedadj.
/ˈpatʃˌtɛstᵻd/, U.S. /ˈpætʃˌtɛstəd/ Medicine.
That has been subjected to a patch test.
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drug testing1841
Head1893
Widal1896
tuberculin-tested1898
Schick1916
Kahn1922
T.T.1927
P–K1938
Papanicolaou1947
drugs testing1965
lymphocytotoxicity1965
patch-tested1990
1990 Contact Dermatitis 22 267 The contact allergy in..7 out of 25 patch-tested patients..appeared to be directed mainly against the ether-extractable volatile fractions of the spices.
2000 Brit. Jrnl. Dermatol. 142 490 The objective of the present study is to describe any changes in the prevalence of sensitization to common contact allergens in patch-tested patients over a 12-year period.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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