skin test

noun

: a test (such as a scratch test) performed on the skin and used in detecting allergic hypersensitivity

Examples of skin test in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The only available vaccine for tuberculosis is the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine, which is not generally recommended in the U.S. Health experts largely warn against it due to concerns about variable effectiveness and possible complications such as creating a false positive on a skin test. —Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025

The vaccine can cause a false positive on a TB skin test. —Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 28 Jan. 2025

The individuals were administered tuberculin skin tests at the time by Cobb & Douglas Public Health. —Kristina Watrobski, Baltimore Sun, 14 Jan. 2025

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Word History

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

skin test

noun

: a test (as a scratch test or a tuberculin test) for an allergic or immune response to a substance that is performed by administering the substance to or through the skin and is used especially in detecting allergic hypersensitivity