Definition of Tine test

1. Noun. A tuberculin test in which a disk with several tines bearing tuberculin antigen is used to puncture the skin; development of a hard red area indicates past or present exposure to tubercle bacilli and the need for further testing.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Tine Test

tinder
tinder-box
tinder-boxes
tinder box
tinderbox
tinderboxes
tindered
tindering
tinders
tindery
tinding
tindora
tindoras
tinds
tine
tine test (current term)
tinea
tinea amiantacea
tinea barbae
tinea capitis
tinea circinata
tinea corpora
tinea corporis
tinea cruris
tinea favosa
tinea glabrosa
tinea imbricata
tinea inguinalis
tinea kerion
tinea manus

Literary usage of Tine test

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Guide To Clinical Preventive Services by U. S. Preventive Services Task Force (1989)
"Inadequate sensitivity of tuberculin tine test for screening employee populations. J Occup Mcd 1982; 24:602^». 19. Maqbool S, Asnes RS, Grebin B. setting. ..."

2. Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Report of the U. S. Preventive by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"Inadequate sensitivity of tuberculin tine test for screening employee ... Maqbool S, Asnes RS, Grebin B. tine test compliance in a clinic setting. ..."

3. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1901)
"... his observations have stood ( 1766-78), are of value even at tine present day. tine test of modern investigations ; in character be During this ..."

4. Analytical Chemistry by Frederick Pearson Treadwell (1916)
"with hydrogen sulfide. Any precipitate that forms is probably zinc sulfide. Confirm the tine test as in Method A. 12. Acidify the filtrate from ..."

5. Essentials of Laboratory Diagnosis: Designed for Students and Practitioners by Francis Ashley Faught (1916)
"tine test. — About 5 grams of solid feces, or an equivalent of liquid feces, are rubbed up with a little distilled water and placed in ..."

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