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. — Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 17 Nov. 2020 Cystic fibrosis can be detected with a sweat test. — Jessica Festa, Discover Magazine, 27 May 2015

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1978, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sweat test was in 1978

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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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