Agglutination test


agglutination test

agglutination test n.
Any of various tests in which blood serum causes agglutination of bacteria or blood cells of a foreign type, used to determine infection and to identify pathogens and blood types.
Historical Examples

Having utilized the technic devised by Teague, I have had no difficulty in performing the agglutination test in plague.
Plague Thomas Wright Jackson

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