Definitions for AMES TESTeɪmz
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Ames′ test`eɪmz(n.)
a test that exposes a strain of bacteria to a chemical compound in order to determine the potential of the compound for causing cancer.
Category: Medicine, Pharmacology
Origin of Ames test:
1975–80; after Bruce N. Ames (born 1928), U.S. biochemist, who developed the test
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