See Also: tuberculin-type hypersensitivity(medicine)
Immediate-type hypersensitivity(health)
Delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH)(health)
type III hypersensitivity reaction(medicine)
delayed type hypersensitivity(medicine)
tuberculin(medicine)
Tuberculin(health)
tuberculin(dictionary)
tuberculin test(medicine)
tuberculin tine test(medicine)

metrization (iou) and tuberculin-type hypersensitivity (medicine)


metrization (iou)



metrization noun. Also metrisation. E20.
[from METRIC noun1 + -IZATION.]
Math. The process of assigning a metric to a metrizable topological space.

tuberculin-type hypersensitivity (medicine)


tuberculin-type hypersensitivity -->
delayed reaction


A local or generalised response that begins 24 to 48 hours after exposure to an antigen.

See: cell-mediated reaction.

Synonym: contact hypersensitivity, delayed hypersensitivity, late reaction, tuberculin-type hypersensitivity.