TINE TEST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tine test mean? 

• TINE TEST (noun)
  The noun TINE TEST has 1 sense:

1. a tuberculin test in which a disk with several tines bearing tuberculin antigen is used to puncture the skin; development of a hard red area indicates past or present exposure to tubercle bacilli and the need for further testing

  Familiarity information: TINE TEST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TINE TEST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tuberculin test in which a disk with several tines bearing tuberculin antigen is used to puncture the skin; development of a hard red area indicates past or present exposure to tubercle bacilli and the need for further testing

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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("tine test" is a kind of...):

tuberculin skin test; tuberculin test (a skin test to determine past or present infection with the tuberculosis bacterium; based on hypersensitivity of the skin to tuberculin)