释义 |
wi·dal's reaction noun or wi·dal reaction \w]ēˈdal(z)-, v], -däl(z)-\ Usage: usually capitalized W Etymology: after Fernand Widal died 1929 French physician : a specific reaction consisting in agglutination of typhoid bacilli or other salmonellas when mixed with serum from a patient having typhoid fever or other salmonella infection and constituting a test for the disease |