patch test

noun

A diagnostic method used to determine which specific substances cause allergic inflammation of a patient's skin, by affixing small patches to the skin that contain those substances.

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Meanings

nounpatch test (plural patch tests)

plural patch tests

  1. A diagnostic method used to determine which specific substances cause allergic inflammation of a patient's skin, by affixing small patches to the skin that contain those substances.
verbpatch test (third-person singular simple present patch tests, present participle patch testing, simple past and past participle patch tested)

present singular third person patch tests · participle present patch testing · participle past patch tested · past patch tested

  1. To carry out such a test.
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APA

patch test. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patch%20test

MLA

“patch test.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patch%20test. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “patch test,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patch%20test.

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