tuberculin

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

/ tʊˈbɜr kyə lɪn, tyʊ- /

noun Medicine/Medical.

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

Nearby words

tubercle of trapezium, tubercula dolorosa, tubercular, tuberculate, tuberculid, tuberculin, tuberculin test, tuberculin-tested, tuberculinize, tuberculitis, tuberculo-

Origin of tuberculin

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

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Examples from the Web for tuberculin

I was fascinated and horrified by the hospital scenes in the book, when Conan Doyle is visiting people treated with tuberculin.
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If an animal is tuberculous, the action of the tuberculin causes a fever, which is indicated by a rise in temperature.
Special Report on Diseases of Cattle|U.S. Department of Agriculture
Direct experiments and observations collected by thousands show that the tuberculin injections have no unfavorable effect.
Special Report on Diseases of Cattle|U.S. Department of Agriculture
Subsequent experiments showed that tuberculin exercised quite a different action to that of healing.
The Pros and Cons of Vivisection|Charles Richet

Perhaps youve forgotten also that you undertook to cure her with Koch's tuberculin.
The Doctor's Dilemma|George Bernard Shaw
The first questions asked by those who oppose the adoption of the tuberculin tests are: Is this test infallible?
Special Report on Diseases of Cattle|U.S. Department of Agriculture

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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Medicine definitions for tuberculin

tuberculin

[ tu-bûr′kyə-lĭn ]

n.

A sterile liquid culture containing proteins of tubercle bacilli used chiefly in diagnostic tests for tuberculosis.