sweat test
noun
: a test for cystic fibrosis that involves measuring the subject's sweat for abnormally high sodium chloride content
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Don’t sweat test scores.
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Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 17 Nov. 2020
Cystic fibrosis can be detected with a sweat test.
—Jessica Festa, Discover Magazine, 27 May 2015
Looking for a deodorant that passes the sweat test with flying colors?
—Joseph Deacetis, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2021
And the sweat test remains one of the most important developments in the history of cystic fibrosis.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 11 Nov. 2021
And the doctor credited with the development of the sweat test as well as the discovery of the link between cystic fibrosis and sweat is none other than Paul di Sant’Agnese, Dorothy Andersen’s mentee.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 11 Nov. 2021
Instead of that incredibly invasive and uncomfortable procedure, the sweat test simply required collecting sweat from somewhere on a patient’s body.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 11 Nov. 2021
The sweat test technology, also in development for several years, is expected to manifest for the masses via a wearable technology slated to launch next year.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN, 5 Sep. 2020
The most common way to diagnose CF is a sweat test — a painless test measuring the concentration of salt in a person's sweat.
—Tess Koman, Cosmopolitan, 9 Aug. 2016
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Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 17 Nov. 2020
Cystic fibrosis can be detected with a sweat test.
—Jessica Festa, Discover Magazine, 27 May 2015
Looking for a deodorant that passes the sweat test with flying colors?
—Joseph Deacetis, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2021
And the sweat test remains one of the most important developments in the history of cystic fibrosis.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 11 Nov. 2021
And the doctor credited with the development of the sweat test as well as the discovery of the link between cystic fibrosis and sweat is none other than Paul di Sant’Agnese, Dorothy Andersen’s mentee.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 11 Nov. 2021
Instead of that incredibly invasive and uncomfortable procedure, the sweat test simply required collecting sweat from somewhere on a patient’s body.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 11 Nov. 2021
The sweat test technology, also in development for several years, is expected to manifest for the masses via a wearable technology slated to launch next year.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN, 5 Sep. 2020
The most common way to diagnose CF is a sweat test — a painless test measuring the concentration of salt in a person's sweat.
—Tess Koman, Cosmopolitan, 9 Aug. 2016
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