Paternity Test (Noun)
Meaning
A test based on blood groups to determine whether a particular man could be the biological father of a particular child; negative results prove he was not the father but positive results show only that he could be.
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- The mother insisted on a paternity test to confirm the identity of her child's biological father.
- The court ordered a paternity test to resolve the dispute over child support payments.
- After years of uncertainty, the family finally decided to undergo a paternity test to settle the question once and for all.
- The results of the paternity test were inconclusive, so the family had to undergo further DNA testing.
- The paternity test revealed that the man who had been raising the child was not, in fact, the biological father.