Friedman test

noun

The rabbit test for pregnancy.

Meanings

nounFriedman test (plural Friedman tests)

plural Friedman tests

Synonyms & antonyms

nounpregnancy test that involves injecting some of the woman's urine into an unmated female rabbit and later examining the ovaries of the rabbit; presence of corpora lutea indicates that the woman is pregnant

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Origin

Developed in 1931 by Maurice Harold Friedman and Maxwell Edward Lapham at the University of Penn.

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