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Noun

1. 1
   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 wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname from German, variant of Wasserman, equivalent to English Waterman

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family namelast namesyphilis serology testwasserman reactionwassermann reactionwassermann test

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given name

Etymology

From German Wasserman.