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wassermann   (TTS Sound)

The noun wassermann has 2 senses

• Wassermann, August von Wassermann -- (German bacteriologist who developed a diagnostic test for syphilis (1866-1925))


• Wassermann test, Wasserman reaction, Wassermann -- (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)