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Was⋅ser⋅mann

[wah-ser-muh

n; Ger. vahs-uh

r-mahn]

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–noun

1.	Au⋅gust von [ou-goost fuhn] Show IPA , 1866–1925, German physician and bacteriologist.

2.	Ja⋅kob [yah-kawp] Show IPA , 1873–1934, German novelist.

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Main Entry: Was·ser·mann
Pronunciation: 'wäs-&r-m&n, 'väs-
Function: noun
: WASSERMANN TEST
Wasáserámann /'väs-&r-"män,/ August Paul von(1866–1925), German bacteriologist. Wassermann is famous for discovering a universal blood-serum test for syphilis that helped to extend the basic tenets of immunology to diagnosis. Hisearly research dealt with cholera immunity and diphtheria antitoxin. He established a relationship between the presence of diphtheria in an individual's serum and an ability to resist diphtheriainfection. In 1906 he and the German dermatologist Albert Neisser developed a test for the antibody produced by persons infected with the causative agent of syphilis. The Wassermann reaction, incombination with other diagnostic procedures, is still used to test for the disease.

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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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