tuberculin test n a test (as the Mantoux test or tine test) for hypersensitivity to tuberculin in which tuberculin is introduced (as by injection or puncture) usu. into the skin of the individual tested and the appearance of inflammation or induration at the site of introduction is construed as indicating past or present tubercular infection called also tuberculin skin test
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a skin test for tuberculosis using any of various different types of tuberculin and methods of application. See also Heaf t., intradermal tuberculin t., Mantoux t., and tine t.Medical dictionary. 2011.