| NOUN | cognition | tuberculin test, tuberculin skin test | a skin test to determine past or present infection with the tuberculosis bacterium |
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| Meaning | A skin test to determine past or present infection with the tuberculosis bacterium; based on hypersensitivity of the skin to tuberculin. | |
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| Synonym | tuberculin skin test | |
| Narrower | Mantoux test | tuberculin (a derivative of tubercle bacillus) is injected intradermally |
| tine test | A tuberculin test in which a disk with several tines bearing tuberculin antigen is used to puncture the skin | |
| Broader | skin test | Any test to determine immunity or sensitivity to a disease by introducing small amounts on or into the skin |
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