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☆ Dick test

a skin test formerly used for determining susceptibility or immunity to scarlet fever

Etymology: after George F. Dick (1881-1967) & his wife, Gladys Dick (1881-1963), U.S. physicians

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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