lateral flow
Side-to-side passage
Lateral flow refers to a diagnostic testing method where liquid moves sideways across a strip, carrying a sample past reactive agents that produce visible results—typically colored lines.
Home pregnancy tests and rapid COVID-19 tests use this technology: I grabbed a lateral flow test from the pharmacy.
The term often appears as an adjective: lateral flow device, lateral flow assay.
- testEvaluative examination
- covid testDiagnostic for infection
- home testKit for personal diagnosis
- stripNarrow elongated piece
- diagnosticTest to identify problems
rapid antigen · antigen · capillary · membrane · antibody · swab · pregnancy · pregnancy test · wicking · result · positive · false positive · negative · nitrocellulose · cassette · sample · buffer · rapid
lateral flowPCR test
DNA amplification diagnostic method
laboratory analysis · blood test · mass spectrometry · sequencing · genetic sequencing
lateral flowblood draw
Extracting blood for testing
phlebotomy · biopsy · lumbar puncture · blood test · tissue sampling
lateral, flow, laterally, laterality, bilateral, bilaterally, unilateral, unilaterally, collateral