"patch test" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: patch tests [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} patch test (plural patch tests)
  1. 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.
    Sense id: en-patch_test-en-noun-Va2AvYsc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13

Verb

Forms: patch tests [present, singular, third-person], patch testing [participle, present], patch tested [participle, past], patch tested [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} patch test (third-person singular simple present patch tests, present participle patch testing, simple past and past participle patch tested)
  1. To carry out such a test.
    Sense id: en-patch_test-en-verb-68pfE81C

Inflected forms

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