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Rapid plasma reagin test — A screening blood test for syphilis. Rapid plasma reagin is commonly abbreviated RPR. A negative ( nonreactive ) RPR test result is compatible with a person not having syphilis. However, a person may have a negative RPR test and still have… … Medical dictionary
VDRL test — A blood test for syphilis (VDRL stands for Venereal Disease Research Laboratory) that detects an antibody that is present in the bloodstream when a patient has syphilis. A negative (nonreactive) VDRL is compatible with a person not having… … Medical dictionary
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
Heterophile antibody test — The test is sensitive for heterophile antibodies produced by the human immune system in response to EBV infection. The monospot test, a form of the heterophile antibody test,[1] is a rapid test for infectious mononucleosis due to Epstein–Barr… … Wikipedia
Rapid plasma reagin — (RPR) refers to a type of test that looks for non specific antibodies in the blood of the patient that may indicate that the organism ( Treponema pallidum ) that causes syphilis is present. The term reagin means that this test does not look for… … Wikipedia
Complete blood count — Blood count redirects here. For the Billy Strayhorn composition, see Blood Count. Complete blood count Diagnostics Schematics (also sometimes called Fishbones ) of shorthand for complete blood count commonly used by clinicians and healthcare… … Wikipedia
