Tuberculin

Word TUBERCULIN
Character 10
Hyphenation tu ber cu lin
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Definitions and meanings of "Tuberculin"

What do we mean by tuberculin?

A sterile liquid containing proteins extracted from cultures of tubercle bacilli and used in tests for tuberculosis. noun

A liquid prepared by Koch (first in 1890) from cultures of tubercle-bacillus, administered by hypodermic injection in tuberculosis as a therapeutic or diagnostic measure. Also called Koch′ s lymph, Koch's specific, and paratoloid. noun

A ptomaïne formed by the action of the tubercle-bacillus. noun

A fluid containing the products formed by the growth of the tubercle bacillus in a suitable culture medium. noun

An antigen used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis noun

A sterile liquid containing a purified protein derivative of the tuberculosis bacterium; used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis noun

An antigen used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis.

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The word "tuberculin" in example sentences

Mantoux expanded upon Pirquet's ideas and the Mantoux test, in which tuberculin is injected under the skin, became a diagnostic test for tuberculosis in 1907. ❋ Steve Carper (2006)

Koch bacillus produces preparatory substances which are not to be found in tuberculin. ❋ Unknown (1967)

There is also a substance called tuberculin, which, when injected under the skin in suspected cases of consumption causes a rise of temperature in persons suffering from the disease, but has no effect on the healthy. ❋ Kenelm Winslow (N/A)

[85] This test is made by injecting into the animal a small quantity of tuberculin, which is a sterilized glycerin extract of cultures of the tubercle bacillus. ❋ Unknown (1910)

To administer a skin test, a health care worker uses a small needle to put some testing material, called tuberculin, just under the skin on the lower inside part of the arm. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This involves the injection of a small amount of fluid (called tuberculin) into the skin in the lower part of the arm. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Some of these products, such as tuberculin and malein, enable the owner to rid his herds of tubercular cows and glandered horses before these diseases have become far enough advanced to be recognized by the visible symptoms alone. ❋ R. A. Craig (N/A)

Actually, he tried tuberculin first, but tuberculosis, while perhaps preferable to general paresis, is still a pretty devastating disease. ❋ Gary Greenberg (2010)

Gruber C, Kulig M, Bergmann R, et al. Delayed hypersensitivity to tuberculin, total immunoglobulin E, specific sensitization, and atopic manifestations in longitudinally followed early Bacille Calmette-Guerin-vaccinated and nonvaccinated children. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Type IV hypersensitivity has been classified under three varieties: contact hypersensitivity and tuberculin-type hypersensitivity, which both occur within 3 days of a challenge; and granulomatous hypersensitivity reactions, which develop over a period of 21-28 days and are clinically the most serious of the Type IV responses. ❋ Steve Carper (2006)

Soon after, the observation with smallpox led Pirquet to realize that tuberculin, which Robert Koch isolated from the bacteria that cause tuberculosis in 1890, might lead to a similar type of reaction. ❋ Steve Carper (2006)

They tested Mapendo for recent exposure to tuberculosis by injecting a tiny amount of a reagent, tuberculin, in her upper eyelid — a standard TB screening tests for primates. ❋ Unknown (2008)

After his own bout with tuberculosis — probably contracted in the laboratory — and his subsequent cure with Robert Koch's tuberculin therapy, Ehrlich focused his attention on bacterial toxins and antitoxins. ❋ Unknown (2007)

If you react to it, it means your body has previously seen tuberculosis, to the tuberculin bacteria. ❋ Unknown (2007)

They just literally poke a little bit of the tuberculin bacteria underneath your skin, and then see if you react to it. ❋ Unknown (2007)

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