tuberculin

[ too-bur-kyuh-lin, tyoo- ]

nounMedicine/Medical.
  1. a sterile liquid prepared from cultures of the tubercle bacillus, used in the diagnosis and, formerly, in the treatment of tuberculosis.

Origin of tuberculin

1
1890–95; <Latin tūbercul(um) tubercle + -in2

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tuberculin

/ (tjʊˈbɜːkjʊlɪn) /


noun
  1. a sterile liquid prepared from cultures of attenuated tubercle bacillus and used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis

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