WASSERMAN REACTION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a blood test to detect syphilis
   • a complement fixation test is used to detect antibodies to the syphilis organism treponema
   • a positive reaction indicates the presence of antibodies and therefore syphilis infection
   Synonym(s)
   • Wassermann (what does Wassermann mean?)
   • Wassermann test (what does Wassermann test mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Wasserman reaction is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • complement fixation test (what does complement fixation test mean?)