释义 |
ben·e·dict's test \ˈbenəˌdik(t)s-\ noun Usage: usually capitalized B Etymology: after Stanley R. Benedict died 1936 American physiological chemist : a test for the presence of a reducing sugar in a solution (as urine) made by heating with a complex reagent containing sodium carbonate and citrate and copper sulfate, a colored precipitate being indicative of the presence of a reducing sugar |