Wassermann test
ANTIBODY TEST FOR SYPHILIS
Wasserman test; Bordet-Wassermann test; BW test; Wassermann reaction; Wasserman reaction; Wassermann Reaction test
The Wassermann test or Wassermann reaction (WR) is an antibody test for syphilis, named after the bacteriologist August Paul von Wassermann, based on complement fixation. It was the first blood test for syphilis and the first in the nontreponemal test (NTT) category.