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  • noun 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
  • noun German bacteriologist who developed a diagnostic test for syphilis (1866-1925)

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  • Wassermann 1 - 2 7.78 .333 24 0 0 6 0 0 19.2 27 19 17 0 14 9

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  • Wassermann 1 - 1 2.74 .238 33 0 0 6 0 0 23.0 20 9 7 0 7 14

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  • C 121 Wassermann, Ehren CHW R 6.25 - 15. 50$ 19.2 7.78 9 1 19.22 0 -6.10 .914

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  • C 10 Wassermann, Ehren CHW R 2.13 - 3. 41$ 23.0 2.74 14 1 11.35 0 3.13 .606

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  • C 10 Wassermann, Ehren CHW R 2.13 - 3. 41$ 23.0 2.74 14 1 11.35 0 3.13 .606 markov OPP

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  • Wassermann 1 - 0 3.09 .162 10 0 0 1 0 0 11.2 6 4 4 1 3 6

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  • C 121 Wassermann, Ehren CHW R 6.25 - 15. 50$ 19.2 7.78 9 1 19.22 0 -6.10 .914

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  • Wassermann 1 - 1 2.74 .238 33 0 0 6 0 0 23.0 20 9 7 0 7 14

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  • 'With a twist of triumphant glee her mind drew pictures of her two sisters as she had seen them last: Mina, spare and virginal, still proud of a Phi Beta key after all these years of beating Latin into the heads of brats. And Gretel - still looking like a wax angel off a Tannenbaum, with half a lung left to breathe with and a positive Wassermann.'

    - Nightmare Alley, William Lindsay Gresham

    June 30, 2012