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testSee testing types. test1 1. a series of questions or problems designed to test a specific skill or knowledge 2. a. a chemical reaction or physical procedure for testing a substance, material, etc. b. a chemical reagent used in such a procedure c. the result of the procedure or the evidence gained from it test2 1. the hard or tough outer covering of certain invertebrates and tunicates 2. a variant of testa Test Abraham his faith is tested when God demands the sacrifice of his son Isaac. [O.T.: Genesis 22:13] (c. 950–1000) becomes King of England by pulling sword from stone. [Arth. Legend: NCE, 159] site of contest between Elijah and Baal priests. [O.T.: I Kings 18:19–40] President Kennedy called Krushchev’s bluff, forcing dismantling of missile sites (1962). [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 581–582] . testing of contemporary Job. [Am. Lit.: J.B.] tormented to test devoutness. [O.T.: Job 1, 2] medieval trial by combat or ordeal. [Eur. Hist.: Leach, 561] Confucian-based sect demands rigid tests for membership. [TV: Terrace, I, 448] noble accused of crime holds red-hot iron or walks blindfolded and barefoot over red-hot plowshares to prove his innocence. [Br. Hist.: Brewer Handbook, 779] solver of riddles wins Turandot; failure brings death. [Ital. Opera: Puccini, Turandot, Westerman, 367–368]
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Identification was confirmed by detection of penicillin-binding protein 2a (PBP2a) by latex agglutination test (PBP2' Test Kit, Oxoid, Hants, UK). The accuracy of the NOW(R) Streptococcus pneumoniae Antigen Test significantly exceeds that of other rapid technologies, such as the latex agglutination test. patients) + - + - + - + - HIV negative (20) 18 0 20 0 5 0 4 0 HIV infected (13) 1 8 0 9 0 1 1 0 * VL, visceral leishmaniasis; IFAT, indirect immunofluorescent antibody test, 1985-1994, DAT, direct antibody agglutination test, beginning in 1989, LATEX, latex agglutination test, 1996-2003; k39, recombinant k39 antigen detection test, beginning in 2002; +, positive result; -, negative result. |
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