wassermann
英 ['wɑ:səmən; 'vɑ:sərmɑ:n]
美
- n. 瓦色尔曼（德国细菌学家）；瓦色尔曼试验（等于Wassermann Test）
英英释义
- 1. German bacteriologist who developed a diagnostic test for syphilis (1866-1925)
- 2. a blood test to detect syphilis; a complement fixation test is used to detect antibodies to the syphilis organism treponema; a positive reaction indicates the presence of antibodies and therefore syphilis infection
英文词源
- Wassermann (n.)
- test for syphillis, 1909, from German bacteriorologist August Paul Wassermann (1866-1925), who devised it in 1906.