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单词 Mantoux test
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Definition of Mantoux test in English:

Mantoux test

nounˈmantuːˈmɒ̃tuːmanˈto͞o test
Medicine
  • A test for immunity to tuberculosis using intradermal injection of tuberculin.

    〔医〕芒图试验(一种结核病免疫力测定)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The results of the Mantoux test may be falsely negative in severe malnutrition.
    • The Mantoux test is the preferred tool to use for tuberculosis skin testing.
    • Results of a Mantoux test and sputum test for acid-fast bacilli were negative.
    • Physicians should read the Mantoux test at 48 to 72 hours after application because parents and other lay persons do not have the ability to read the test results accurately.
    • The controls were selected from the medical outpatient department based on normal haemogram, normal liver and renal function tests, a normal chest radiograph and a negative Mantoux test.

Origin

1930s: named after Charles Mantoux (1877–1947), French physician.

Definition of Mantoux test in US English:

Mantoux test

nounmanˈto͞o test
Medicine
  • A test for immunity to tuberculosis using intradermal injection of tuberculin.

    〔医〕芒图试验(一种结核病免疫力测定)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The controls were selected from the medical outpatient department based on normal haemogram, normal liver and renal function tests, a normal chest radiograph and a negative Mantoux test.
    • Results of a Mantoux test and sputum test for acid-fast bacilli were negative.
    • The results of the Mantoux test may be falsely negative in severe malnutrition.
    • Physicians should read the Mantoux test at 48 to 72 hours after application because parents and other lay persons do not have the ability to read the test results accurately.
    • The Mantoux test is the preferred tool to use for tuberculosis skin testing.

Origin

1930s: named after Charles Mantoux (1877–1947), French physician.

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