"paternity test" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: paternity tests [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} paternity test (plural paternity tests)
  1. (law, genetics) A test performed to determine the biological father of a child. Categories (topical): Genetics, Law Translations (test): 親子鑑定 (Chinese Mandarin), 亲子鉴定 (qīnzǐ jiàndìng) (Chinese Mandarin), isyystesti (Finnish), Vaterschaftstest [masculine] (German), teste de paternidade [masculine] (Portuguese), babalık testi (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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