Wassermann
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Wassermann
test for syphillis, 1909, from Ger. bacteriorologist August Paul Wassermann (1866-1925), who devised it in 1906.
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Medical Dictionary
Wassermann Was·ser·mann (wä'sər-mən, vä'sər-män'), August von. 1866-1925.
German physician who developed the Wasserman test for the detection of syphilis.
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