lepromin
/ˈlɛprə(ʊ)mɪn/(also lepromine) Medicine
noun
Any of various preparations containing killed Mycobacterium leprae (the causative agent of leprosy), used in skin testing originally for the diagnosis and later for the classification of cases of leprosy.
- Lepromin was originally obtained from sterilized human lepromatous tissue, and later also from infected animal (especially armadillo) tissues..
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Public Health Report. From German Lepromin from Leprom + -in.
- knobbed
- knobble
- knobbly
- knobby
- knobhead
- knobkerrie
- knobkierie
- knob-like
- knobstick
- knock
- knockabout
- knock about (or around)
- knock-back
- knock-down
- knock-down-drag-out
- knocker
- knocker-up
- knock-for-knock agreement
- knocking copy
- knocking-off time
- knocking shop
- knock it off
- knock-kneed
- knock knees
- knock off