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immunoassay fecal occult blood test — iFOBT. A test to check for blood in the stool. A brush is used to collect water drops from around the surface of a stool while it is still in the toilet bowl. The samples are then sent to a laboratory, where they are checked for a human blood… … English dictionary of cancer terms
immunochemical fecal occult blood test — iFOBT. A test to check for blood in the stool. A brush is used to collect water drops from around the surface of a stool while it is still in the toilet bowl. The samples are then sent to a laboratory, where they are checked for a human blood… … English dictionary of cancer terms
immunologic fecal occult blood test — iFOBT. A test to check for blood in the stool. A brush is used to collect water drops from around the surface of a stool while it is still in the toilet bowl. The samples are then sent to a laboratory, where they are checked for a human blood… … English dictionary of cancer terms
Test, stool occult blood — A test to see whether there is blood in the bowel movement. Also called a fecal occult blood test: A test to check for hidden blood in stool. (Fecal refers to stool. Occult means hidden.) Abbreviated stool OB … Medical dictionary
fecal occult blood test — FOBT. A test to check for blood in the stool. Small samples of stool are placed on special cards and sent to a doctor or laboratory for testing. Blood in the stool may be a sign of colorectal cancer. Also called FOBT … English dictionary of cancer terms
Fecal occult blood — Classification and external resources Cards and bottle used for the Hemoccult test, a type of stool guaiac test. ICD 10 R … Wikipedia
test — 1. To prove; to try a substance; to determine the chemical nature of a substance by means of reagents. 2. A method of examination, as to determine the presence or absence of a definite disease or of some substance in any of the fluids, tissues,… … Medical dictionary
occult bleeding — escape of such a small amount of blood that it can be detected only by chemical test or by examination with the microscope or spectroscope. See also occult blood, under blood … Medical dictionary
occult — occulter, n. occultly, adv. occultness, n. /euh kult , ok ult/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to magic, astrology, or any system claiming use or knowledge of secret or supernatural powers or agencies. 2. beyond the range of ordinary knowledge or… … Universalium
Blood in stool — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 19317 ICD10 = ICD9 = ICD9|578.1 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = 003130 eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = In medicine, when referring to human feces, Blood in stool can refer to multiple… … Wikipedia
