tuberculin

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

tu·ber·cu·lin

[too-bur-kyuh-lin, tyoo-]
noun Medicine/Medical.
a sterile liquid prepared from cultures of the tubercle bacillus, used in the diagnosis and, formerly, in the treatment of tuberculosis.

Origin:
1890–95; < Latin tūbercul(um) tubercle + -in2
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Tuberculin is always a great word to know.
So is pelvis. Does it mean:
the bone of the lower jaw.
the basinlike cavity in the lower part of the trunk of many vertebrates, formed in humans by the innominate bones, sacrum, etc.
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tuberculin (tjʊˈbɜːkjʊlɪn)
 
n
a sterile liquid prepared from cultures of attenuated tubercle bacillus and used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis

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tuberculin tu·ber·cu·lin (t&oobreve;-bûr'kyə-lĭn, ty&oobreve;-)
n.
A sterile liquid culture containing proteins of tubercle bacilli used chiefly in diagnostic tests for tuberculosis.

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