tuberculin

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

/ tʊˈbɜr kyə lɪn, tyʊ- /

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noun Medicine/Medical.

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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Origin of tuberculin

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

Words nearby tuberculin

tube railway, tubercle, tubercle bacillus, tubercular, tuberculate, tuberculin, tuberculinize, tuberculin test, tuberculin-tested, tuberculoid, tuberculose

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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|DAILY BEAST
The relation of bovine to human tuberculosis and the ocular tuberculin reaction receive extensive consideration.
The Elements of Bacteriological Technique|John William Henry Eyre
At first he thought tuberculin cured the disease; but this was an error.
The Pros and Cons of Vivisection|Charles Richet
Tuberculin may be tried in severe and obstinate cases, but its use is not without danger.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin|Henry Weightman Stelwagon

I 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.
Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry|Pratt Food Co.

British Dictionary definitions for tuberculin

tuberculin

/ (tjʊˈbɜːkjʊlɪn) /

noun

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

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