tuberculin reaction
Medicine
noun
Reaction to the administration of tuberculin, especially as a diagnostic test; an instance of this; specifically a positive reaction in this test (typically consisting of a circumscribed area of thickening and reddening of the skin).
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in American Practitioner & News.
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