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Definition: Tuberculin |
TuberculinNoun1. A sterile liquid containing a purified protein derivative of the tuberculosis bacterium; used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Note: Tuberculin \Tu*ber"cu*lin\, noun. [See Tubercle.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | A sterile liquid containing the growth products of, or specific substances extracted from, the tubercle bacillus; used in various forms in the diagnosis of tuberculosis. Source: European Union. (references) |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| TU | English | Tuberculin unit | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: Tuberculin |
| English words defined with "tuberculin": Mantoux test ♦ tine test, tuberculin skin test, tuberculin test. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "tuberculin": Koch OT, Koch's old tuberculin, Koch's OT ♦ old tuberculin. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Mantoux intradermal tuberculin skin test for tuberculosis. Credit: CDC. |  | Students Eileen and Jimmy Lynch receive tuberculin test administered by Dr. Robert Glass and Nurse Jeanne McCarthy, at Our Lady of Good Council School, New York City. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Most people with previous exposure to TB will test positive on the tuberculin test, as will some people exposed to related mycobacteria. (references) | |
The tuberculin skin test, also known as the Mantoux test, can identify most people infected with tubercle bacilli six to eight weeks after initial exposure. (references) | ||
These patients frequently have conditions that produce symptoms similar to those of TB, and may not react to the standard tuberculin skin test because their immune systems are suppressed. (references) | ||
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| "Tuberculin" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Tuberculin" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 13 | 97,576 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "tuberculin": Koch's old tuberculin ♦ old tuberculin ♦ tuberculin skin test ♦ tuberculin test ♦ tuberculin testing. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "tuberculin": tuberculin-testing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
tuberculin test | 21 |
tuberculin skin test | 19 |
tuberculin | 16 |
tuberculin syringe | 7 |
mantoux skin test tuberculin | 3 |
skin testing tuberculin | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "tuberculin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | tuberkulin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | السلين. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | туберкулин. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tuberkulin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | tuberkuline, tuberculine. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tuberculine. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Tuberkulin, Tuberculinum. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βόεια φυματίνη (bovine tuberculin), φυματίνη M.BOVIS (bovine tuberculin), φυματίνη Μιανίκη (avian tuberculin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tubercolina. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uberculintay tuberculina. (various references) туберкулин. (various references) tuberkulin. (various references) tuberculina bovina (bovine tuberculin), tuberculina aviar (avian tuberculin). (various references) tuberkulin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "tuberculin": tuberculins. (additional references) | |
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"Tuberculin" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: tuberculins, Tuberculinum, tuberculon. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "tuberculin" (pronounced 'Tu*ber"cu*lin'): Amygdalin, Asbolin, Avenalin, Berlin, Betulin, Bilin, brasilin, Brazilin, Bromalin, Calendulin, Calin, Capelin, Capulin, Carlin, Carolin, Caryophyllin, Cascarillin, Cerealin, Cipolin, Collin, Convolvulin, Crystallin, Esculin, formalin, Francolin, Frangulin, Franklin, Gallin, Globulin, goblin, Hemicollin, hobgoblin, Humulin, Kremlin, lanolin, Levulin, Lobelin, Lupulin, Luteolin, Maalin, marlin, Mashlin, Mechlin, Medullin, Merlin, metheglin, Muslin, myelin, Myolin, Oreoselin. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-e-i-l-n-r-t-u-u" | |
-1 letter: interclub. | |
-3 letters: blunter, brucine, culture, cutline, linecut, rebuilt, tribune, tubulin, tunicle, turbine, unbuilt, utricle. | |
-4 letters: berlin, brucin, brunet, bunter, burnet, burnie, butler, client, cretin, curite, curule, cutler, incult, lectin, lentic, leucin, linter, lubric, lucent, lucern, luetic, lunier, lutein, nubile, nuclei, relict, reluct, riblet, runlet, rutile, terbic, triune, tubule, unbelt, uncurb, uncurl, uncute, uniter. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-c-e-i-l-n-r-t-u-u" | |
+1 letter: tuberculins. | |
+2 letters: elucubrating, elucubration, turbulencies. | |
+3 letters: elucubrations. | |
+4 letters: antitubercular. | |
+5 letters: antituberculous. | |
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