Medical Definition of Phthalein test

1. An obsolete test for renal function; after the patient has drunk a glass or two of water, 1 ml of a 0.6% solution of dye is injected hypodermically; the time between this injection and the appearance of a pink tinge in the urine as it falls into an alkaline solution is noted; the amount excreted in each of the next 2 hours is then estimated colourimetrically. Synonym: Geraghty's test, phthalein test, red test, Rowntree and Geraghty test. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phthalein Test

phrygian cap
phrynoderma
phrynolysin
pht
phthalate
phthalate dioxygenase
phthalate ester hydrolase
phthalate oxygenase reductase
phthalates
phthalazine
phthalazines
phthalazone
phthalazones
phthalein
phthalein dyes
phthalein test (current term)
phthaleins
phthalic
phthalic acid
phthalic acids
phthalic anhydride
phthalic anhydrides
phthalide
phthalides
phthalidomide
phthalidyltheophylline hydrolase
phthalimide
phthalimides
phthalimidine
phthalimidines

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