tu|ber|cu|lin

tu|ber|cu|lin
tu|ber|cu|lin «too BUR kyuh lihn, tyoo-», noun.
a liquid substance prepared from the proteins of the tubercle bacillus, or products of these proteins. Tuberculin is used in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis, especially in children and animals.
[< German Tuberkulin < Latin tūberculum; see etym. under tubercle (Cf.tubercle)]

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