n :  a complement fixation test for the diagnosis of syphilis - called also Kolmer , Kolmer test 
 
Kolmer, John Albert (1886-1962), American physician. Kolmer investigated the fields of bacteriology, immunology, chemotherapy, and syphilology. He developed the Kolmer test in 1922 as a modification of the Wassermann test.
 
 
 
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