blood testnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈblʌd ˌtest/us/ˈblʌd ˌtest/a scientific examination of a person's blood to find out if they have any diseases or lack any important substances
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Medical examination
- audiology
- autopsy
- biopsy
- CAT scan
- cervical smear
- check-up
- clinically
- colonoscopy
- ECG
- electroencephalogram
- laparoscopic
- laparoscopy
- mammogram
- palpate
- palpation
- PET scan
- screening
- sonogram
- specimen
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- It is only the blood test that is repeatedly negative after the effect of mercury wears off, which shows the disease is cured.
- Just as all syphilis does not show a positive blood test, so a single negative test is not sufficient to establish the absence of syphilis without a medical examination.
- Many of them, while perhaps having positive blood tests while the disease is active, later become negative without treatment.
- The conclusions of the blood tests are unreliable and uncertain.
- There is very little discomfort in the method, as a rule—no more than there is to the taking of blood for a blood test.