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Widal's test

DEFINITIONS OF: Widal's test

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n a test for detecting typhoid fever and other salmonella infections

Synonyms:
Widal test
Type of:
agglutination test
a blood test used to identify unknown antigens; blood with the unknown antigen is mixed with a known antibody and whether or not agglutination occurs helps to identify the antigen; used in tissue matching and blood grouping and diagnosis of infections
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