Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun heterophil_test

1 sense of heterophil test

Sense 1
heterophil test -- (a blood test to detect heterophil antibodies that agglutinate sheep red blood cells; positive result indicates infectious mononucleosis)
       => agglutination test -- (a blood test used to identify unknown antigens; blood with the unknown antigen is mixed with a known antibody and whether or not agglutination occurs helps to identify the antigen; used in tissue matching and blood grouping and diagnosis of infections)