Schickn.

Brit.

/ʃɪk/, U.S.

/ʃɪk/

Etymology: < the name of Bela Schick (1877–1967), Hungarian-born U.S. pædiatrician.

Medicine.

Used attributively and absol. to designate a test Schick devised consisting in the intradermal injection of diphtheria toxin: the absence of an erythematous reaction indicates previously acquired immunity to diphtheria. [Described by Schick in Münchener med. Wochenschr. (1908) LV. 504–6.]

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the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > tests > [adjective] > specific tests

drug testing1841

Head1893

Widal1896

tuberculin-tested1898

Schick1916

Kahn1922

T.T.1927

P–K1938

Papanicolaou1947

drugs testing1965

lymphocytotoxicity1965

patch-tested1990

1916 Jrnl. Immunol. 1 203 This principle is applied today in the so-called Shick [sic] test of immunity to diphtheria.

1922 H. Ashby & G. H. Wright Dis. Children (ed. 6) 230 The susceptibility to diphtheria can now be recognised by means of the Schick test.

1923 Daily Mail 15 Feb. 6 The ‘Schick Test’ method of preventing diphtheria.

1927 R. Muir et al. Man. Bacteriol. (ed. 8) xvii. 478 If a positive Schick is present in addition, the reaction due to the unheated toxin will be more marked.

1955 Sci. News Let. 9 Apr. 229/3 The Schick test, familiar to many school children, tells whether or not ‘shots’ to protect against diphtheria have been effective.

1971 D. Lambert in C. Bonington Annapurna South Face 290 A test known as the Schick Test may have to be done beforehand.

Compounds

Schick-negative adj. showing (failing to show) an erythematous reaction in the Schick test.

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Schick-positive1927

Schick-negative1932

Marchi-positive1956

1932 R. Muir et al. Man. Bacteriol. (ed. 9) xvii. 507 The proportion of Schick negative reactions increases with age much as in Europe; also the blood of Schick negative reactors contains diphtheria antitoxin.

1951 L. E. H. Whitby & M. Hynes Med. Bacteriol. (ed. 5) xiii. 239 Infants born of Schick-negative mothers are themselves immune to diphtheria for the few months during which maternal antibodies persist in the circulation.

Schick-positive adj.

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the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > tests > [adjective] > reactions to tests

Schick-positive1927

Schick-negative1932

Marchi-positive1956

1927 R. Muir et al. Man. Bacteriol. (ed. 8) xvii. 476 If the suspected carrier is Schick-positive, i.e. non-immune, the organism is likely to be non-virulent.

1944 L. E. H. Whitby Med. Bacteriol. (ed. 4) xiii. 237 Hospital nurses should always be actively immunized if they are Schick-positive.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	schick
释义	Schickn. Brit. /ʃɪk/, U.S. /ʃɪk/ Etymology: < the name of Bela Schick (1877–1967), Hungarian-born U.S. pædiatrician. Medicine. Used attributively and absol. to designate a test Schick devised consisting in the intradermal injection of diphtheria toxin: the absence of an erythematous reaction indicates previously acquired immunity to diphtheria. [Described by Schick in Münchener med. Wochenschr. (1908) LV. 504–6.] ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > tests > [adjective] > specific tests drug testing1841 Head1893 Widal1896 tuberculin-tested1898 Schick1916 Kahn1922 T.T.1927 P–K1938 Papanicolaou1947 drugs testing1965 lymphocytotoxicity1965 patch-tested1990 1916 Jrnl. Immunol. 1 203 This principle is applied today in the so-called Shick [sic] test of immunity to diphtheria. 1922 H. Ashby & G. H. Wright Dis. Children (ed. 6) 230 The susceptibility to diphtheria can now be recognised by means of the Schick test. 1923 Daily Mail 15 Feb. 6 The ‘Schick Test’ method of preventing diphtheria. 1927 R. Muir et al. Man. Bacteriol. (ed. 8) xvii. 478 If a positive Schick is present in addition, the reaction due to the unheated toxin will be more marked. 1955 Sci. News Let. 9 Apr. 229/3 The Schick test, familiar to many school children, tells whether or not ‘shots’ to protect against diphtheria have been effective. 1971 D. Lambert in C. Bonington Annapurna South Face 290 A test known as the Schick Test may have to be done beforehand. Compounds Schick-negative adj. showing (failing to show) an erythematous reaction in the Schick test. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > tests > [adjective] > reactions to tests Schick-positive1927 Schick-negative1932 Marchi-positive1956 1932 R. Muir et al. Man. Bacteriol. (ed. 9) xvii. 507 The proportion of Schick negative reactions increases with age much as in Europe; also the blood of Schick negative reactors contains diphtheria antitoxin. 1951 L. E. H. Whitby & M. Hynes Med. Bacteriol. (ed. 5) xiii. 239 Infants born of Schick-negative mothers are themselves immune to diphtheria for the few months during which maternal antibodies persist in the circulation. Schick-positive adj. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > tests > [adjective] > reactions to tests Schick-positive1927 Schick-negative1932 Marchi-positive1956 1927 R. Muir et al. Man. Bacteriol. (ed. 8) xvii. 476 If the suspected carrier is Schick-positive, i.e. non-immune, the organism is likely to be non-virulent. 1944 L. E. H. Whitby Med. Bacteriol. (ed. 4) xiii. 237 Hospital nurses should always be actively immunized if they are Schick-positive. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1916
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