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TUBERCULIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tuberculin mean? 

TUBERCULIN (noun)
  The noun TUBERCULIN has 1 sense:

1. a sterile liquid containing a purified protein derivative of the tuberculosis bacterium; used in the diagnosis of tuberculosisplay

  Familiarity information: TUBERCULIN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TUBERCULIN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A sterile liquid containing a purified protein derivative of the tuberculosis bacterium; used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("tuberculin" is a kind of...):

liquid (fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume)


 Context examples 


A tuberculin skin test that was widely used in the United Kingdom.

(Heaf Tuberculin Skin Test, NCI Thesaurus)



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