provocative test

pro·voc·a·tive test

any procedure in which a suspected pathophysiologic abnormality is deliberately induced by manipulating conditions known to provoke that abnormality.

provocative test

A method of obtaining diagnostic information by deliberately provoking a characteristic disease reaction.

pro·voc·a·tive test

(prŏ-vokă-tiv test) Any procedure in which a suspected pathophysiologic abnormality is deliberately induced by manipulating conditions known to provoke that abnormality.