purified protein derivative
- purified protein derivative
pu·ri·fied protein derivative 'pyu̇r-ə-.fīd- n a highly purified preparation of tuberculin used in skin tests (as the Mantoux test) to detect tuberculous infection
abbr. PPD
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(PPD) see under tuberculin.
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