noun
Meaning 1
The rabbit test for pregnancy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
Friedman test
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noun
Meaning 2
pregnancy 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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rabbit test
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pregnancy test
History
Etymology
Developed in 1931 by Maurice Harold Friedman and Maxwell Edward Lapham at the University of Penn.