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Kahn test

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noun

Medicine/Medical.

  1. a test for syphilis based on the formation of a precipitate in a mixture of serum and antigen.

Etymology

Origin of Kahn test

First recorded in 1960–65; named after R. L. Kahn (1887–1979), American bacteriologist, who developed it

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Every member is X-rayed once a year, given a tuberculin test, a complete clinical examination, a Wassermann and Kahn test for syphilis.

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