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Vinony

tuberculin

noun

  1. extract used to identify a tuberculosis infection
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English tuberculosis Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English tuberculin From tuberculosis + -in.

  1. An antigen used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis.