Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tine_test

1 sense of tine test

Sense 1
tine test -- (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)
       => tuberculin test, tuberculin skin test -- (a skin test to determine past or present infection with the tuberculosis bacterium; based on hypersensitivity of the skin to tuberculin)