Guthrie test

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Named after Robert Guthrie, an American bacteriologist and physician who devised it in 1962.

Noun[edit]

Guthrie test (plural Guthrie tests)

  1. A screening test done on newborns, involving the collection of blood from a pinprick puncture in the heel.

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