patch test
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
patch test (plural patch tests)
- A diagnostic method used to determine which specific substances cause allergic inflammation of a patient's skin, by affixing small patches to the skin that contain those substances.
Verb[edit]
patch test (third-person singular simple present patch tests, present participle patch testing, simple past and past participle patch tested)
- To carry out such a test.