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tuberculin

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

noun

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


tuberculin

/ ʊˈɜːʊɪ /

noun

  1. a sterile liquid prepared from cultures of attenuated tubercle bacillus and used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of tuberculin1

1890–95; < Latin ūܱ ( um ) tubercle + -in 2
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Ms Macdonald has questioned the validity of the tests and says that they are returning false positives because he had been "primed" before them by being injected with bovine tuberculin.

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Macdonald said she believes the test results returned a false positive because Geronimo had been given a tuberculin vaccine before testing, which led to antibodies in his system.

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MacDonald believes the tests results returned a false positive because Geronimo had been given the tuberculin vaccine before testing with led to antibodies in his system.

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The tuberculosis skin test requires an intradermal injection of liquid — 0.1 milliliter of a purified protein derivative called tuberculin — in the lower part of their arm, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Health officials are asking anyone who may have been in close contact with the student, including classmates, to accept a free tuberculin skin testing.

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