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Meaning of blood test | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A laboratory analysis performed on a blood sample that is usually extracted from a vein in the arm using a hypodermic needle, or by fingerprick.
  2. An analysis of blood performed on two subjects to determine whether they are biologically related, such as a paternity test.

Examples

“HIV-positive persons may test falsely on the standard syphilis blood tests because they may not be able to mount the "normal" immunological response required of such tests.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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