mallein test

mallein test
a skin test analogous to the tuberculin test, using mallein to test whether an animal has been exposed to glanders.

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  • mal|le|in — «MAL ee uhn», noun. a product of the glanders bacillus, used in the mallein test. ╂[< New Latin malleus glanders (< Latin malleus hammer] …   Useful english dictionary

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