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May 22, 2013

Tuberculosis Skin Test (PPD Skin Test) Glossary of Terms

The following are health and medical definitions of terms that appear in the Tuberculosis Skin Test (PPD Skin Test) article.

Arthritis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Bacteria: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Bacterium: See the definition from MedTerms.com

BCG: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Cancer: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Chemotherapy: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Chronic: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Diabetes: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Edema: See the definition from MedTerms.com

False negative: See the definition from MedTerms.com

False positive: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Fibrin: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Forearm: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Immune: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Immune response: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Immune system: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Immunocompromised: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Incubation period: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Induration: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Infection: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Kidney: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Latent: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Lungs: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Mantoux test: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Nutrition: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Palpable: See the definition from MedTerms.com

PPD: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pregnant: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Protein: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Rheumatoid arthritis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Steroid: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Syringe: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Therapy: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Tuberculin: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Tuberculosis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Vasodilation: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Viral: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Viral infection: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Wheal: See the definition from MedTerms.com

World Health Organization: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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