Medical term:

lepromin



lepromin

 [lep´ro-min]
a repeatedly boiled, autoclaved, gauze-filtered suspension of finely ground lepromatous tissue and leprosy bacilli, used in the skin test for tissue resistance to leprosy.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

lep·ro·min

(lep'rō-min),
An extract of tissue infected with Mycobacterium leprae used in skin tests to classify the stage of leprosy.
See also: lepromin reaction, test.
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

lep·ro·min

(lep'rō-min)
An extract of tissue infected with Mycobacterium leprae used in skin tests to classify the stage of leprosy.
See also: test
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012


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