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