"comb test" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "comb tests",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "comb test (plural comb tests)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Endocrinology",
          "orig": "en:Endocrinology",
          "parents": [
            "Medicine",
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1994, Nelly Oudshoorn, Beyond the Natural Body: An Archeology of Sex Hormones, e-book edition, Routledge, published 2005, page 48",
          "text": "In addition to the comb test, physiologists applied assays based on changes in fat deposits, body length and weight, and hair growth, in rats and guinea-pigs.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A test for whether a substance should be considered a male sex hormone."
      ],
      "id": "en-comb_test-en-noun-UC~Ew0fG",
      "links": [
        [
          "endocrinology",
          "endocrinology"
        ],
        [
          "substance",
          "substance"
        ],
        [
          "male",
          "male"
        ],
        [
          "sex hormone",
          "sex hormone"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(endocrinology) A test for whether a substance should be considered a male sex hormone."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cock's comb test"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "endocrinology",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 59",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Racism",
          "orig": "en:Racism",
          "parents": [
            "Forms of discrimination",
            "Discrimination",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2002 February, Don Spears, Playing for Keeps, Los Angeles: Milligan Books, →OCLC, page 183",
          "text": "\"How'd your in-laws feel about you marryin' your wife? Maybe you could pass the paper bag test and the comb test, but your old man had dark skin, kinky hair, and he was a dyed-in-wool bapistst from out in the sticks.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A method of determining racial identity, based on how easily a comb passes through a person's hair."
      ],
      "id": "en-comb_test-en-noun-cHvWFUdb",
      "links": [
        [
          "racial",
          "racial"
        ],
        [
          "identity",
          "identity"
        ],
        [
          "comb",
          "comb"
        ],
        [
          "hair",
          "hair"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) A method of determining racial identity, based on how easily a comb passes through a person's hair."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fine-tooth comb test"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "comb test"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "en:Racism"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "comb tests",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "comb test (plural comb tests)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Endocrinology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1994, Nelly Oudshoorn, Beyond the Natural Body: An Archeology of Sex Hormones, e-book edition, Routledge, published 2005, page 48",
          "text": "In addition to the comb test, physiologists applied assays based on changes in fat deposits, body length and weight, and hair growth, in rats and guinea-pigs.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A test for whether a substance should be considered a male sex hormone."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "endocrinology",
          "endocrinology"
        ],
        [
          "substance",
          "substance"
        ],
        [
          "male",
          "male"
        ],
        [
          "sex hormone",
          "sex hormone"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(endocrinology) A test for whether a substance should be considered a male sex hormone."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cock's comb test"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "endocrinology",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2002 February, Don Spears, Playing for Keeps, Los Angeles: Milligan Books, →OCLC, page 183",
          "text": "\"How'd your in-laws feel about you marryin' your wife? Maybe you could pass the paper bag test and the comb test, but your old man had dark skin, kinky hair, and he was a dyed-in-wool bapistst from out in the sticks.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A method of determining racial identity, based on how easily a comb passes through a person's hair."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "racial",
          "racial"
        ],
        [
          "identity",
          "identity"
        ],
        [
          "comb",
          "comb"
        ],
        [
          "hair",
          "hair"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) A method of determining racial identity, based on how easily a comb passes through a person's hair."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fine-tooth comb test"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "comb test"
}