n :  a test to determine the presence of protein in the cerebrospinal fluid in which a drop of cere-brospinal fluid is added to a special reagent and the formation of a cloudy precipitate indicates a positive test
 
Pandy, Kalman (b 1868), Hungarian neurologist. Pandy introduced his test for protein in cerebrospinal fluid in 1910.
 
 
 
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