- intradermal tuberculin test
- a tuberculin test in which tuberculin is injected below the skin; see specific tests, including Heaf t., Mantoux t., and tine t.
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intradermal tuberculin test
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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… … Medical dictionary
Mantoux test — Man·toux test .man .tü , .män n an intradermal test for hypersensitivity to tuberculin that indicates past or present infection with tubercle bacilli see TUBERCULIN TEST Man·toux män tü Charles (1877 1947) French physician. Mantoux introduced his … Medical dictionary
tine test — tīn n a tuberculin test in which the tuberculin is introduced intradermally by means of four tines on a stainless steel disk * * * tine tuberculin test a type of intradermal tuberculin test; four small tines on a plastic handle, coated with dip… … Medical dictionary
test — 1. To prove; to try a substance; to determine the chemical nature of a substance by means of reagents. 2. A method of examination, as to determine the presence or absence of a definite disease or of some substance in any of the fluids, tissues,… … Medical dictionary
Mantoux test — The Mantoux skin test consists of an intradermal injection of exactly one tenth of a milliliter (mL) of PPD tuberculin … Wikipedia
skin test — noun any test to determine immunity or sensitivity to a disease by introducing small amounts on or into the skin • Hypernyms: ↑diagnostic test, ↑diagnostic assay • Hyponyms: ↑Dick test, ↑patch test, ↑Schick test, ↑scratch test, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
skin test — n a test (as a scratch test or a tuberculin test) for an allergic or immune response to a substance that is performed by administering the substance to or through the skin and is used esp. in detecting allergic hypersensitivity * * * any test in… … Medical dictionary
lepromin test — (for certain types of leprosy) after intradermal injection of lepromin (q.v.), a positive reaction consists of either a tuberculin type reaction at 48 to 72 hours (Fernandez reaction) or a nodular, occasionally ulcerated, lesion at 3 to 4 weeks… … Medical dictionary
mumps skin test — (for immunity to mumps) an intradermal test formerly widely used to determine previous exposure to mumps virus; killed virus (mumps skin test antigen) is injected intradermally; a positive response is development of tuberculin type delayed… … Medical dictionary
Mantoux test — noun Etymology: Charles Mantoux died 1947 French physician Date: circa 1923 an intradermal test for hypersensitivity to tuberculin that indicates past or present infection with tubercle bacilli … New Collegiate Dictionary
