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tine test

–noun
a screening test for tuberculosis in which an instrument having four sharp prongs dipped in tuberculin antigen is pressed into the skin of the forearm.
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Main Entry: tine test
Pronunciation: 'tIn-
Function: noun
: a tuberculin test in which the tuberculin is introduced subcutaneously by means of four tines ona stainless steel disk
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tine test n.
A tuberculin test in which the antigen is introduced into the skin by means of tines.

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