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tine test

noun

a screening test for tuberculosis in which an instrument having four sharp prongs dipped in tuberculin antigen is pressed into the skin of the forearm.

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Nearby words

  1. tindal, william,
  2. tinder,
  3. tinderbox,
  4. tindery,
  5. tine,
  6. tinea,
  7. tinea barbae,
  8. tinea capitis,
  9. tinea corporis,
  10. tinea cruris
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Medicine definitions for tine test

tine test

n.

A tuberculin test in which the antigen is introduced into the skin by means of tines.
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