tuberculin (redirected from tuberculin reaction)

tu·ber·cu·lin  (t-bûrky-ln, ty-)

n.

A sterile liquid containing proteins extracted from cultures of tubercle bacilli and used in tests for tuberculosis.

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[Latin tberculum, tubercle; see tubercle + -in.]

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tuberculin [tube-berk-yew-lin]

Noun

a sterile liquid prepared from cultures of the tubercle bacillus and used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis

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Noun

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tuberculin - a sterile liquid containing a purified protein derivative of the tuberculosis bacterium; used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis liquid - fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume