Associations to the word «Tuberculin»

Wiktionary

TUBERCULIN, noun. An antigen used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne