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blood test

(Encyclopedia)blood test, examination of blood routinely or as an aid in diagnosing a suspected disease. Tests may be performed on whole blood or on the plasma portion only. Blood typing identifies the proteins at ...

Schick test

(Encyclopedia)Schick test, diagnostic test designed to evaluate susceptibility to diphtheria. A small amount of diphtheria toxin is injected into the skin; the injection will produce an area of redness and swelling...

Rorschach test

(Encyclopedia)Rorschach test: see personality; psychological tests. ...

psychological test

(Encyclopedia)psychological test, any of a variety of testing procedures for measuring psychological traits and behavior, or for studying some specialized aspect of ability. Several forms of testing have arisen fro...

chi-square test

(Encyclopedia)chi-square test: see statistics. ...

borax bead test

(Encyclopedia)borax bead test: see bead test.

test-tube baby

(Encyclopedia)test-tube baby: see in vitro fertilization. ...

thematic apperception test

(Encyclopedia)thematic apperception test: see psychological tests. ...

Semipalatinsk Test Site

(Encyclopedia)Semipalatinsk Test Site, Soviet nuclear testing site, c.6,950 sq mi (18,000 sq km), NE Kazakhstan, near the city of Kurchatov and some 90 mi (150 km) W of Semey (formerly Semipalatinsk). Between 1949 ...

nuclear test-ban treaty

(Encyclopedia)nuclear test-ban treaty: see disarmament, nuclear. ...