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Mantoux test

Syllabification: (Man·toux test)
Pronunciation: /manˈto͞o/

Definition of Mantoux test

noun

Medicine
  • a test for immunity to tuberculosis using intradermal injection of tuberculin.

Origin:

1930s: named after Charles Mantoux (1877–1947), French physician

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