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comb test

comb test noun: a test for whether a substance should be considered a male sex hormone.

Noun

comb test (plural comb tests)

  1. A test for whether a substance should be considered a male sex hormone.
    • In addition to the comb test, physiologists applied assays based on changes in fat deposits, body length and weight, and hair growth, in rats and guinea-pigs.1994, Nelly Oudshoorn, Beyond the Natural Body: An Archeology of Sex Hormones, e-book edition, Routledge, published 2005, →ISBN, page 48
  2. (historical) A method of determining racial identity, based on how easily a comb passes through a person's hair.
    • "How'd your in-laws feel about you marryin' your wife? Maybe you could pass the paper bag test and the comb test, but your old man had dark skin, kinky hair, and he was a dyed-in-wool bapistst from out in the sticks."2002 February, Don Spears, Playing for Keeps, Los Angeles: Milligan Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 183

Synonyms of comb test

Forms of comb test

pluralcomb tests

Questions about comb test

What does comb test mean?
Comb test means a test for whether a substance should be considered a male sex hormone.
What part of speech is comb test?
Comb test is a noun.
What is the plural of comb test?
The plural of comb test is comb tests.

Words near comb test in the dictionary

  1. comb joints
  2. comb one's hair
  3. comb out
  4. comb over
  5. comb someone's hair the wrong way
  6. comb test
  7. comb tests
  8. comb through
  9. comb-brush
  10. comb-brushes
  11. comb-crested jacana

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