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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a sterile liquid containing a purified protein derivative of the tuberculosis bacterium; used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tuberculin \Tu*ber"cu*lin\, n. [See Tubercle.] A fluid containing the products formed by the growth of the tubercle bacillus in a suitable culture medium. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

tuberculin n 1: a sterile liquid containing a purified protein derivative of the tuberculosis bacterium; used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis