- Gaffky scale
- a scale formerly used widely in denoting the prognosis in tuberculosis, based on the number of tubercle bacilli in the sputum.
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Gaffky scale
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Gaffky scale — Gaff·ky scale (gahfґke) [Georg Theodor August Gaffky, German bacteriologist, 1850–1918] see under scale … Medical dictionary
scale — 1. A standardized test for measuring psychological, personality, or behavioral characteristics. SEE ALSO: score, test. 2. SYN: squama. 3. A small thin plate of horny epithelium, resembling a fish s., cast off from the skin … Medical dictionary
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