See Also: Prausnitz-Kustner(dictionary)
Prausnitz-Kustner antibody(medicine)
Prausnitz-Kustner reaction(medicine)
reversed Prausnitz-Kustner reaction(medicine)
Kustner(medicine)
Prausnitz(medicine)

Prausnitz-Kustner (iou)



Prausnitz-Kustner noun. E20.
[C. W. Prausnitz (1876-1963), German bacteriologist, and Heinz Kustner (1897-1963), German gynaecologist.]
Medicine. Used attrib. with ref. to a test for allergic sensitivity in which an individual is injected with serum from someone with the allergy, and after a day or two with the allergen, which produces a weal if a reagin is present. Abbreviation PK.