Noun wassermann has 2 senses
  1. Wassermann, Agust von Wassermann - German bacteriologist who developed a diagnostic test for syphilis (1866-1925)
    --1 is a kind of bacteriologist
  2. Wassermann test, Wasserman reaction, Wassermann - a blood test to detect syphilis; a complement fixation test is used to detect antibodies to the syphilis organism treponema; a positive reaction indicates the presence of antibodies and therefore syphilis infection
    --2 is a kind of complement fixation test
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