complement fixation test

1. 1.

   a blood test in which a sample of serum is exposed to a particular antigen and complement in order to determine whether or not antibodies to that particular antigen are present; used as a diagnostic test

   Broaderblood test

   NarrowerWassermann test

Questions about complement fixation test

What does complement fixation test mean?

complement fixation test means "a blood test in which a sample of serum is exposed to a particular antigen and complement in order to determine whether or not antibodies to that particular antigen are present; used as a diagnostic test".

Is complement fixation test a common word?

complement fixation test is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.