单词 | rabbit test |
释义 | > as lemmasrabbit test rabbit test n. Medicine any of various diagnostic tests performed using rabbits; spec. (a) a test for pregnancy in women (now rare or historical); (b) a test for irritant properties of products applied to the skin or eye. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > tests > [noun] > pregnancy test rabbit test1914 pregnancy test1915 pregnancy testing1938 1914 Lancet 11 Apr. 1042/1 A complete series of cultures of the various types of bacilli, a series of rabbits' lungs showing the ‘rabbit test’ of virulence, and also specimens of lesions in larger animals. 1937 S. B. Anklesaria (title) The rabbit test for the detection of chorionic tissue in the body and the determination of its proliferative activity. 1972 Clin. Res. 20 213/1 The Draize rabbit test accurately predicted the severe human skin irritants and the non-irritants. 1977 E. Leonard Unknown Man No. 89 i. 7 The guy was a gynecologist. So he went in with Rita for her rabbit test, the concerned hubby. 2005 Vaccine 23 3709/1 The rabbit test [for pyrogens] has ethical and practical drawbacks. < as lemmas |
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