(thing) by BioTech Fri Aug 09 2002 at 20:54:24
A protein extracted from the tuberculosis bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is used in tests to determine if a person has been exposed to the bacteria and is in danger of coming down with the disease.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:58:12

Tu*ber"cu*lin (?), n. [See Tubercle.]

A fluid containing the products formed by the growth of the tubercle bacillus in a suitable culture medium.

 

© Webster 1913.

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