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guthrie test

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English

Syllables
guthrie test
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A screening test done on newborns, involving the collection of blood from a pinprick puncture in the heel.

Etymology

Named after Robert Guthrie, an American bacteriologist and physician who devised it in 1962.

Inflected Forms

Guthrie tests (plural)

Phrases

Guthrie card

Frequently Paired Words

Guthrie card

Questions

What does guthrie test mean?
A screening test done on newborns, involving the collection of blood from a pinprick puncture in the heel.
Where does guthrie test come from?
Named after Robert Guthrie, an American bacteriologist and physician who devised it in 1962.

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