Definition of skin test
: a test (such as a scratch test) performed on the skin and used in detecting allergic hypersensitivity
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In communities on the lower Yukon and Kuskokwim Rivers, surveys from 1948 to 1951 found that three-quarters of Alaska Native children younger than the age of 8 had positive skin tests.
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She was also required to take a purified protein derivative (PPD) skin test for TB.
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Follow-up skin tests will be given at the school in May to students who test negative on the first test, officials said.
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Students and staff who may have had contact with the disease will be notified and should have a TB skin test, officials said.
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That’s the prescription from La Jolla’s DermTech, which offers skin tests for melanoma using a special adhesive tape.
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First Known Use of skin test
1908
Medical Dictionary
skin test
medical Definition of skin test
: a test (as a scratch test or a tuberculin test) for an allergic or immune response to a substance that is performed by administering the substance to or through the skin and is used especially in detecting allergic hypersensitivity
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