tuberculoprotein

tu·ber·cu·lo·pro·tein

(tū-ber'kyū-lō-prō'tēn), Any one, or a mixture of any or all of the proteins present in the body of the tubercle bacillus, all of which have been found to possess certain properties of tuberculin.

tuberculoprotein

An obsolete term for one or more tuberculin-like proteins extracted from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, formerly used in serological testing for tuberculosis.