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Schick test (s̸hik)

noun

a test to determine immunity to diphtheria, made by injecting dilute diphtheria toxin into the skin: if an area of inflammation results, the patient is not immune

Etymology: after Béla Schick (1877-1967), U.S. pediatrician, born in Hungary, who devised it

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