See Also: Wassermann(dictionary)
Wassermann, August von(medicine)
Wassermann antibody(medicine)
Wassermann reaction(medicine)
Wassermann test(medicine)
Wassermann-fast(medicine)
Wassermann, August von(encyclopedia)
Wassermann, Jakob(encyclopedia)
provocative Wassermann test(medicine)

Wassermann (iou)



Wassermann noun. E20.
[August Paul Wassermann (1866-1925), German bacteriologist.]
Medicine. Used attrib. and absol. with ref. to a test for syphilis in which antibodies to the pathogen are detected by a complement-fixation test.