patch test

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Meaning

1. noun A diagnostic method used to determine which specific substances cause allergic inflammation of a patient's skin, by affixing small patches to the skin that contain those substances.
2. verb To carry out such a test.

Similar words

dermal patch chemosensitivity transdermal patch allergen immunotherapy aromatogram allergology serodiagnosis patch allergen cutireaction

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