See Also: Head Upright Tilt Test (HUT, tilt table test, head-up tilt test)(health)
Thallium Exercise Stress Test (Stress thallium test, Perfusion scan)(health)
Metabolic Exercise Stress Test (also called metabolic stress test)(health)
Sestamibi Exercise Stress Test (Sestamibi stress test, stress perfusion scan, stress Sestamibi)(health)
hi test(medicine)
D-S test(medicine)
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CF test(medicine)
t test(medicine)

lepra (iou) and HVA test (medicine)


lepra (iou)



lepra noun. LME.
[Late Latin, classical Latin leprae pl., from Greek lepra use as noun of fem. of lepros scaly, from lepos, lepis scale.]
Medicine. Orig., any disease characterized by scaling of the skin, esp. psoriasis. Now, leprosy.

HVA test (medicine)


HVA test -->
homovanillic acid test


A test for homovanillic acid based upon the fact that dopamine is present in sympathetic nervous tissue as precursor of norepinephrine; since norepinephrine has a metabolic pathway which yields homovanillic acid, tumours such as neuroblastomas and ganglioneuromas may cause elevations of urinary dopamine and homovanillic acid.

Synonym: HVA test.