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DIAGNOSTIC ASSAY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An assay conducted for diagnostic purposes
Synonyms:
diagnostic assay; diagnostic test
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("diagnostic assay" is a kind of...):
assay (a quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components; frequently used to test for the presence or concentration of infectious agents or antibodies etc.)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "diagnostic assay"):
biopsy (examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease)
cloze procedure; cloze test (a test for diagnosing reading ability; words are deleted from a prose passage and the reader is required to fill in the blanks)
faecal occult test; fecal occult test; stool test (a test performed at home in which you collect specimens of your stool that are tested for traces of blood; used to detect colorectal cancers)
GI series (diagnostic tests of the alimentary canal; usually involves inserting a contrast medium (such as barium sulfate) and taking an X-ray)
glucose tolerance test (test of the body's ability to metabolize carbohydrates; used in the diagnosis of hypoglycemia and diabetes mellitus)
Pap test; Papanicolaou test; smear test (a method of examining stained cells in a cervical smear for early diagnosis of uterine cancer)
PKU test (a test of newborn infants for phenylketonuria)
Queckenstedt's test (a test to determine whether there is a blockage of the spinal canal)
radioactive iodine test (test of thyroid function in which the patient is given an oral dose of radioactive iodine-131)
Rubin test (test to determine the patency or occlusion of the Fallopian tubes)
skin test (any test to determine immunity or sensitivity to a disease by introducing small amounts on or into the skin)
tissue typing (a series of diagnostic tests before an organ transplant to determine whether the tissues of a donor and recipient are compatible)
vital capacity (the maximum amount of air that can be exhaled after a maximum inhalation (usually tested with a spirometer); used to determine the condition of lung tissue)
