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Coombs test|kuːmz|
[f. the name of R. R. A. Coombs (b. 1921), pathologist.]
An agglutination test devised by R. R. A. Coombs in 1945 and used in the diagnosis of blood diseases to detect antibodies.
1950E. Hackett in Nature 13 May 764/2 The Coombs test makes use of an anti-(human-serum-protein) to agglutinate washed sensitized cells. 1958R. Muir Textbk. Path. (ed. 7) v. 207 Recently sera containing precipitins against human serum globulins have been applied to the detection of certain antibodies absorbed on red cells, the treated cells being..agglutinated. This test, commonly known as the Coombs test, is widely used in the determination of sensitisation against the Rh and other blood-group factors. |