Dick toxin
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dick toxin — noun Usage: usually capitalized D Etymology: after George F. and Gladys H. Dick : the erythrogenic toxin of the scarlatinal streptococcus … Useful english dictionary
Dick, George Frederick — ▪ American physician born July 21, 1881, Fort Wayne, Ind., U.S. died Oct. 10, 1967, Palo Alto, Calif. American physician and pathologist who, with his wife, Gladys Henry Dick, discovered the cause of, and devised means of preventing,… … Universalium
Dick test — dik n a test to determine susceptibility or immunity to scarlet fever by an injection of scarlet fever toxin Dick George Frederick (1881 1967) and Gladys Henry (1881 1963) American physicians. In 1923 the Dicks isolated the hemolytic… … Medical dictionary
Dick test — Dick′ test [[t]dɪk[/t]] n. med a test for determining immunity or susceptibility to scarlet fever in which scarlet fever toxin is injected into the skin • Etymology: 1920–25; after George Frederick Dick (1881–1967), U.S. internist … From formal English to slang
Dick test — noun a skin test to determine your susceptibility to scarlet fever • Hypernyms: ↑skin test * * * ˈdik noun Usage: usually capitalized D Etymology: after George F. Dick died 1967 and Gladys H. Dick died 1963 American physicians : a test to… … Useful english dictionary
Dick test (reaction) toxin — (dik) [George Frederick Dick, 1881–1967, and Gladys Rowena Henry Dick, 1881–1963, American physicians] see under test, and see erythrogenic toxin, under toxin … Medical dictionary
Toxin — One of a number of poisons produced by certain plants, animals, and bacteria. The term toxin is frequently used to refer specifically to a particular protein produced by some higher plants, animals and pathogenic (disease causing) bacteria. A… … Medical dictionary
Dick test — Med. a test for determining immunity or susceptibility to scarlet fever in which scarlet fever toxin is injected into the skin, susceptibility being characterized by redness at the injection area. [1920 25; named after G. F. DICK, who devised it] … Universalium
Dick test — noun Etymology: George F. Dick and Gladys H. Dick Date: 1925 a test to determine susceptibility or immunity to scarlet fever by an injection of scarlet fever toxin … New Collegiate Dictionary
Dick — George Frederick, U.S. internist, 1881–1967. See D. method, D. test, D. test toxin. Gladys R.H., U.S. internist, 1881–1963. See D. method, D. test, D. test toxin … Medical dictionary
