tine test

Noun
  1. A tuberculin test in which a disk with several tines bearing tuberculin antigen is used to puncture the skin;
    Development of a hard red area indicates past or present exposure to tubercle bacilli and the need for further testing (synset 105754369)
    is a type of: tuberculin skin test, tuberculin test - 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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