See Also: tuberculo-(medicine)
tuberculo-(dictionary)
tuberculo-opsonic index(medicine)

tuberculo- (iou)



tuberculo- combining form.
[formed as TUBERCULIFORM + -O-.]
Chiefly Medicine. Of, pertaining to, or involving tubercles or tuberculosis.
tuberculo-'protein noun protein from tubercle bacilli, esp. as used in the tuberculin test E20.
tuberculo'static adjective & noun (a) adjective inhibiting the multiplication of the tubercle bacillus; (b) noun a tuberculostatic drug: M20.