Guthrie test

noun

A screening test done on newborns, involving the collection of blood from a pinprick puncture in the heel.

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Meanings

nounGuthrie test (plural Guthrie tests)

plural Guthrie tests

  1. A screening test done on newborns, involving the collection of blood from a pinprick puncture in the heel.

Origin

Named after Robert Guthrie, an American bacteriologist and physician who devised it in 1962.

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APA

Guthrie test. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Guthrie%20test

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“Guthrie test.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Guthrie%20test. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Guthrie test,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Guthrie%20test.

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