Tuberculocidin

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tuberculocidin \Tu*ber"cu*lo*ci`din\, n. [Tuberculum + root of
     L. caedere to kill.] (Physiol. Chem.)
     A special substance contained in tuberculin, supposed to be
     the active agent of the latter freed from various impurities.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]