Heaf test
Noun
Meaning
Heaf test (plural Heaf tests)
(medicine) A diagnostic skin test to determine whether a child has been exposed to tuberculosis infection, administered by means of a Heaf gun.
Examples
Heaf test main The Heaf tuberculin skin test was used in the United Kingdom, but discontinued in 2005.
The Heaf test was used until 2005 in the UK, when it was replaced by the Mantoux test.