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dick test

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.58 in modern English

Syllables
dick- test
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A test to check whether someone is immune to scarlet fever, by injecting a diluted strain of the streptococci and observing any skin reaction.

Etymology

From the name of the US inventor of the test, George Frederick Dick.

Inflected Forms

Dick tests (plural)

Phrases

Dick toxin

Frequently Paired Words

Dick toxin

Questions

What does dick test mean?
A test to check whether someone is immune to scarlet fever, by injecting a diluted strain of the streptococci and observing any skin reaction.
Where does dick test come from?
From the name of the US inventor of the test, George Frederick Dick.

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