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TINE TEST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("tine test" is a kind 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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