a skin test to determine immunity to diphtheria: a dilute diphtheria toxin is injected into the skin; within two or three days a red inflamed area will develop if no antibodies are present
Word origin
C20: named after Bela Schick (1877–1967), US paediatrician
Schick test in American English
(ʃɪk)
US
a test to determine immunity to diphtheria, made by injecting dilute diphtheria toxininto the skin: if an area of inflammation results, the patient is not immune
Word origin
after Béla Schick (1877-1967), U.S. pediatrician, born in Hungary, who devised it