blood test
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1. a serologic analysis of a sample of blood (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | biopsy, |
| definition | : | examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | agglutination test, |
| definition | : | a blood test used to identify unknown antigens; blood with the unknown antigen is mixed with a known antibody and whether or not agglutination occurs helps to identify the antigen; used in tissue matching and blood grouping and diagnosis of infections (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | complement fixation test, |
| definition | : | a blood test in which a sample of serum is exposed to a particular antigen and complement in order to determine whether or not antibodies to that particular antigen are present; used as a diagnostic test (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | psa blood test, |
| definition | : | a blood test that measures levels of a protein called prostate specific antigen that is manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland; men with prostate problems usually have elevated levels of PSA (noun.cognition) |
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