- Benedict test
- (for glucose in urine) a test for glucose in the urine using Benedict reagent.
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Benedict's test — Ben·e·dict s test .dik(t)s n a test for the presence of a reducing sugar (as in urine) by heating the solution to be tested with Benedict s solution which yields a red, yellow, or orange precipitate upon warming with a reducing sugar (as glucose… … Medical dictionary
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Benedict solution test — Ben·e·dict solution, test (benґə dikt) [Stanley Rossiter Benedict, American physiological chemist, 1884–1936] see under solution and test … Medical dictionary
