Widal reaction

noun
Wi·​dal reaction
variants: also Widal's reaction \ vē-​ˈdäl(z)-​ How to pronounce Widal's reaction (audio) \

Medical Definition of Widal reaction

: a specific reaction consisting in agglutination of typhoid bacilli or other salmonellae when mixed with serum from a patient having typhoid fever or other salmonella infection and constituting a test for the disease