agglutination test

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agglutination test - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  agglutination test
      n 1: a blood test used to identify unknown antigens; blood with
           the unknown antigen is mixed with a known antibody and
           whether or not agglutination occurs helps to identify the
           antigen; used in tissue matching and blood grouping and
           diagnosis of infections