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| tu·ber·cu·lin [ tə búrkyəlin, too búrkyəlin ] |
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liquid obtained from bacterium: a sterile liquid obtained from cultures of the tubercle bacillus and used in a scratch test to establish whether somebody has or has had tuberculosis
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| [Late 19th century. < Latin tuberculum (see tubercle)] |
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