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P-K test (medicine) and Mackenzie's amputation (medicine)


P-K test (medicine)


P-K test -->
Prausnitz-Kustner reaction


A test for the presence of immediate hypersensitivity in humans; test serum from an atopic individual is injected intradermally into a normal subject; the normal subject is challenged 24-48 hours later with the antigen suspected of causing the immediate hypersensitivity reaction in the atopic individual.

Synonym: P-K test.


Mackenzie's amputation (medicine)


Mackenzie's amputation


A modification of Syme's amputation at the ankle joint, the flap being taken from the inner side.