Liebermann-Burchard test
noun
Lie·ber·mann-Bur·chard test
| \ ˈlē-bər-mən-ˈbu̇r-ˌkärt-\
Medical Definition of Liebermann-Burchard test
: a test for unsaturated steroids (as cholesterol) and triterpenes based on the formation of a series of colors (as pink to blue to green) with acetic anhydride in the presence of concentrated sulfuric acid
— called also Liebermann-Burchard reaction