tuberculin test
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tuberculin test
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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A positive tuberculin test means that the patient has been exposed to the bacteria and exhibits a cellular immune response to it.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The classical test for delayed hypersensitivity is the tuberculin test for tuberculosis, where bacterial proteins from M. tuberculosis are injected into the skin.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
They feel that the value of the tuberculin test has been exaggerated, that X rays and sputum tests are more important and more reliable.
From Time Magazine Archive
More than 80% of the cows of this county have been shown by the tuberculin test to be tuberculous, yet McHenry County supplies Chicago with most of its milk.
From Time Magazine Archive
Only by experiments upon human beings, it is said, could the value of either the tuberculin test or the Noguchi emulsion be definitely determined.
From An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals by Leffingwell, Albert
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