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Gutzeit test

noun Gut·zeit test \ˈgüt-ˌsīt-\

Medical Definition of GUTZEIT TEST

:  a test for arsenic used especially in toxicology that is based on the formation of arsine (as in the Marsh test) and the production by the arsine of a brown stain on filter paper moistened with mercuric chloride solution

Biographical Note for GUTZEIT TEST

Gutzeit, Ernst Wilhelm Heinrich (1845–1888), German chemist.

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