1. a skin test to determine past or present infection with the tuberculosis bacterium; based on hypersensitivity of the skin to tuberculin; [syn: tuberculin test, tuberculin skin test]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tuberculin skin test
n 1: a skin test to determine past or present infection with the
tuberculosis bacterium; based on hypersensitivity of the
skin to tuberculin [syn: tuberculin test, tuberculin
skin test]