Wassermann

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Wassermann
       n 1: German bacteriologist who developed a diagnostic test for
            syphilis (1866-1925) [syn: {Agust von Wassermann}]
       2: a blood test to detect syphilis; a complement fixation test
          is used to detect antibodies to the syphilis organism
          treponema; a positive reaction indicates the presence of


          antibodies and therefore syphilis infection [syn: {Wassermann
          test}, {Wasserman reaction}]