Definition of Patch test
1. Noun. A test to determine allergic sensitivity by applying small pads soaked with allergen to the unbroken skin.
Medical Definition of Patch test
1. A test of skin sensitiveness: a small piece of paper, tape, or a cup, wet with CO non-irritating diluted test fluid, is applied to skin of the upper back or upper outer arm and after 48 hours the area previously covered is compared with the uncovered surface; an erythematous reaction with vesicles occurs if the substance causes contact allergy. See: photo-patch test. (05 Mar 2000)
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Literary usage of Patch test
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1. Centennial History of Missouri: (the Center State) One Hundred Years in the by Walter Barlow Stevens (1921)
"Genevieve Sequel—The Sheriff Whip ped Nine Grand Jurors—Hospitality in Saline—Major
Jack Anderson, Sun.eyor and Joker—Corn Taylor's patch test of ..."
2. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"Ky means of the "patch test" differences were demonstrated in the susceptibility
of different individuals to poison ivy, and in the incubation ..."
3. Guidelines for the Evaluation and Control of Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Housingby David E. Jacobs by David E. Jacobs (1996)
"C. Field patch tests A patch test evaluates the encapsulant on a small area of
the painted surface prior to the start of work. When more than one surface ..."
4. Emergency And Continuous Exposure Guidance Levels For Selected Submarine by Best, National Research Council (U.S.), Committee on Toxicology (2007)
"It has been estimated that 8.4% of the US population have positive patch-test
reactions; however, that percentage probably is considerably inflated (IARC ..."
5. Shellfish and Public Health: Lead, Cadmium, Chromium, Arsenic, and Nickel in by Michael A. Adams (1994)
"(1983) reported that three patients with positive patch tests to nickel developed
flares at the patch test site after a single oral dose of 2500 ng nickel. ..."
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