bcg vaccine

BCG vaccine

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Definition of bcg vaccine words

noun bcg vaccine a vaccine made from weakened strains of tubercle bacilli, used to produce immunity against tuberculosis. 1

before 1925

One of the 11% newest English words

1925-30; B(acillus) C(almette-)G(uérin)

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