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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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tuberculin
/ (tjʊˈbɜːkjʊlɪn) /
noun
a sterile liquid prepared from cultures of attenuated tubercle bacillus and used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis
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