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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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How to use tine test in a sentence

The gentleman was listed as Orthodox and kosher, which is way too religious for my friend whose JSwipe account I was test-driving.
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Apparently, the company “failed to properly test its systems.”
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If it was the United States, the operation will test the bounds of international law.
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One chemical test involves measuring the relative amount of deuterium in water.
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Whether it was actual ignorance, senility, or some obscure test, it's hard to know.
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For this use of the voice in the special service of will-power, or propelling force, it is necessary first to test its freedom.
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The most promising of the methods which have been devised are cryoscopy, the methylene-blue test, and the phloridzin test.
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The phloridzin test consists in the hypodermic injection of a small quantity of phloridzin.
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Should the vapor not condense well, the test-tube may be immersed in a glass of cold water.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
It is at best an empirical test and must be interpreted in the light of clinical symptoms.
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Medical definitions for tine test

tine test

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