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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 tuberculosis
Familiarity information: TUBERCULIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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