tuberculin
a sterile liquid prepared from cultures of the tubercle bacillus, used in the diagnosis and, formerly, in the treatment of tuberculosis.
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How to use tuberculin in a sentence
I was fascinated and horrified by the hospital scenes in the book, when Conan Doyle is visiting people treated with tuberculin.
Following Tuberculosis From Death Sentence to Cure | Tessa Miller | April 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe relation of bovine to human tuberculosis and the ocular tuberculin reaction receive extensive consideration.
The Elements of Bacteriological Technique | John William Henry EyreAt first he thought tuberculin cured the disease; but this was an error.
The Pros and Cons of Vivisection | Charles Richettuberculin may be tried in severe and obstinate cases, but its use is not without danger.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin | Henry Weightman StelwagonI need scarcely tell you that I gave myself copious injections of tuberculin and spat a considerable number of bacilli.
Atlantis | Gerhart Hauptmann
If they run with the cattle of the farm a tuberculin test of all the cattle is none the less desirable.
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British Dictionary definitions for tuberculin
/ (tjʊˈbɜːkjʊlɪn) /
a sterile liquid prepared from cultures of attenuated tubercle bacillus and used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis
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