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A sterile liquid containing a purified protein derivative of the tuberculosis bacterium
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tuberculin
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a sterile liquid containing a purified protein derivative of the tuberculosis bacterium; used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis
Wikipedia
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Tuberculin is an extract of Mycobacterium tuberculosis , M. bovis , or M. avium that is used in skin testing in animals and humans to identify a tuberculosis infection. Several types of tuberculin have been used for this, of which purified protein derivative ...
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n. An antigen used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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Tuberculin \Tu*ber"cu*lin\, n. [See Tubercle .] A fluid containing the products formed by the growth of the tubercle bacillus in a suitable culture medium.
Usage examples of tuberculin.
Experiments involving the Eye Recent experiments with tuberculin, made upon the eyes of children and other patients in public institutions, seem in many cases to have been carried to an extent not easily justified by ordinary ethical ideals.
A recent medical writer, defding the experiments, points out that the tuberculin test could not convey the infection.
Only by experiments upon human beings, it is said, could the value of either the tuberculin test or the Noguchi emulsion be definitely determined.