means test | an inquiry into the financial position of someone applying for financial aid |
test trial run | the act of testing something, in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately, he called each flip of the coin a new trial |
clinical trial clinical test | a rigorously controlled test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on human subjects, in the United States it is conducted under the direction of the FDA before being made available for general clinical use |
preclinical trial preclinical test preclinical phase | a laboratory test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on animal subjects, conducted to gather evidence justifying a clinical trial |
test trial | the act of undergoing testing, he survived the great test of battle, candidates must compete in a trial of skill |
screen test | a filmed audition of an actor or actress |
MOT MOT test Ministry of Transportation test | a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes |
test mental test mental testing psychometric test | any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc, the test was standardized on a large sample of students |
intelligence test IQ test | a psychometric test of intelligence, they used to think that intelligence is what an intelligence test tests |
Stanford-Binet test | revision of the Binet-Simon Scale |
personality test | any test that is intended to assess personality |
projective test projective device projective technique | any personality test designed to yield information about someone's personality on the basis of their unrestricted response to ambiguous objects or situations |
Rorschach Rorschach test inkblot test | a projective tests using bilaterally symmetrical inkblots, subjects state what they see in the inkblot |
Thematic Apperception Test TAT | a projective technique using black-and-white pictures, subjects tell a story about each picture |
sub-test | one of a battery of related tests |
test case test suit | a representative legal action whose outcome is likely to become a precedent |
test | a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins |
cargo ship cargo vessel | a ship designed to carry cargo |
container ship containership container vessel | a cargo ship designed to hold containerized cargoes, the weight of the documentation of all the consignments on board a contemporary container ship can exceedpounds |
drinking vessel | a vessel intended for drinking |
fishing boat fishing smack fishing vessel | a vessel for fishing, often has a well to keep the catch alive |
sailing vessel sailing ship | a vessel that is powered by the wind, often having several masts |
test bed | a place equipped with instruments for testing (e.g. engines or machinery or computer programs etc.) under working conditions |
test equipment | equipment required to perform a test |
test paper | paper impregnated with an indicator for use in chemical tests |
test range | a range for conducting tests |
test rocket research rocket test instrument vehicle | a rocket fired for test purposes |
test room testing room | a room in which tests are conducted |
test tube | glass tube closed at one end |
vessel watercraft | a craft designed for water transportation |
vessel | an object used as a container (especially for liquids) |
warship war vessel combat ship | a government ship that is available for waging war |
artery arteria arterial blood vessel | a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body |
lymph vessel lymphatic vessel | a vascular duct that carries lymph which is eventually added to the venous blood circulation |
vessel vas | a tube in which a body fluid circulates |
blood vessel | a vessel in which blood circulates |
vein vena venous blood vessel | a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart, all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood |
capillary capillary vessel | any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules |
diagnostic test diagnostic assay | an assay conducted for diagnostic purposes |
agglutination test | a blood test used to identify unknown antigens, blood with the unknown antigen is mixed with a known antibody and whether or not agglutination occurs helps to identify the antigen, used in tissue matching and blood grouping and diagnosis of infections |
heterophil test | a blood test to detect heterophil antibodies that agglutinate sheep red blood cells, positive result indicates infectious mononucleosis |
Widal test Widal's test | a test for detecting typhoid fever and other salmonella infections |
cloze procedure cloze test | a test for diagnosing reading ability, words are deleted from a prose passage and the reader is required to fill in the blanks |
fecal occult test faecal occult test stool test | a test performed at home in which you collect specimens of your stool that are tested for traces of blood, used to detect colorectal cancers |
glucose tolerance test | test of the body's ability to metabolize carbohydrates, used in the diagnosis of hypoglycemia and diabetes mellitus |
complement fixation test | a blood test in which a sample of serum is exposed to a particular antigen and complement in order to determine whether or not antibodies to that particular antigen are present, used as a diagnostic test |
Wassermann test Wasserman reaction Wassermann | a blood test to detect syphilis, a complement fixation test is used to detect antibodies to the syphilis organism treponema, a positive reaction indicates the presence of antibodies and therefore syphilis infection |
blood test | a serologic analysis of a sample of blood |
PSA blood test | a blood test that measures levels of a protein called prostate specific antigen that is manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland, men with prostate problems usually have elevated levels of PSA |
Pap test Papanicolaou test smear test | a method of examining stained cells in a cervical smear for early diagnosis of uterine cancer |