Widal reaction
noun
Wi·dal reaction
variants
also Widal's reaction
: a specific reaction consisting in agglutination of typhoid bacilli or other salmonellae when mixed with serum from a patient having typhoid fever or other salmonella infection and constituting a test for the disease
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“Widal reaction.” Merriam-Webster.com Medical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/Widal%20reaction. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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