mantoux test

Man·toux test

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [man-too, man-too; French mahn-too]
- /mænˈtu, ˈmæn tu; French mɑ̃ˈtu/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [man-too, man-too; French mahn-too]
- /mænˈtu, ˈmæn tu; French mɑ̃ˈtu/

Definitions of mantoux test words

noun mantoux test a test for tuberculosis in which a hypersensitive reaction to an intracutaneous injection of tuberculin indicates a previous or current infection. 1
noun mantoux test a test for determining the presence of a tubercular infection by injecting tuberculin into the skin 0
noun mantoux test a test for present or past tuberculosis, in which a small amount of protein from tuberculosis bacteria is injected into the skin 0

before 1930

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1930-35; named after C. Mantoux (1877-1947), French physician

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