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

1 sense of paternity test

Sense 1
paternity test -- (a test based on blood groups to determine whether a particular man could be the biological father of a particular child; negative results prove he was not the father but positive results show only that he could be)
       => assay, check -- (an appraisal of the state of affairs; "they made an assay of the contents"; "a check on its dependability under stress")