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test
(redirected from tuberculin skin test)

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test noun analysis, audit, check, checkup, effort, examination, experience, experiment, exploration, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, inspection, interrogation, observation, questioning, quiz, research, scrutiny, search, study, survey, trial, try, tryout
Associated concepts: blood test, clear and present danger test, compelling state interest test, prudent man test, right from wrong test, substantial evidence test
See also: attempt, canon, check, criterion, endeavor, experiment, indagation, inquiry, poll, question, research, survey, trial, try, venture

TEST. Something by which to ascertain the truth respecting another thing. 7 Penn. St. Rep. 428; 6 Whart. 284. Vide Religious Test.



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The American Thoracic Society recommends that patients who are diagnosed with sarcoidosis undergo a comprehensive evaluation that specifically details the patient's occupational and environmental exposures and includes a chest x-ray, pulmonary function testing, a peripheral blood count, a serum chemistry panel (including measurement of creatinine, calcium, and liver enzyme levels), a urinalysis, an electrocardiogram, a routine ophthalmologic examination, and a tuberculin skin test.
16 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, said the new test can be administered in place of the 100-year-old tuberculin skin test, which involves injections on the forearm delivered through six tiny prongs and requires patients to return to their physician days later to interpret results.
Case report 824: tuberculosis presenting as a soft tissue forearm mass in a patient with a negative tuberculin skin test.
 
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