BCG vaccine
BCG vaccine
noun \ˌbē-(ˌ)sē-ˈjē-\Definition of BCG VACCINE
: a vaccine prepared from a living attenuated strain of tubercle bacilli and used to vaccinate human beings against tuberculosis —called also BCG
Origin of BCG VACCINE
Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (an attenuated strain of tubercle bacilli), from Albert Calmette †1933 and Camille Guérin †1961 French bacteriologists
First Known Use: 1927
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