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HYDROSTATIC TEST

\hˌa͡ɪdɹəstˈatɪk tˈɛst], \hˌa‍ɪdɹəstˈatɪk tˈɛst], \h_ˌaɪ_d_ɹ_ə_s_t_ˈa_t_ɪ_k t_ˈɛ_s_t]\

Definitions of HYDROSTATIC TEST

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Floating of lungs on water as a test of live-birth.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A t. made by placing the lungs of a dead infant in water; if unaerated they sink; if the infant has breathed, or the lungs have been otherwise inflated, they float.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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