Medical Dictionary

BCG vaccine

noun \ˌbē-(ˌ)sē-ˈjē-\

Medical Definition of BCG VACCINE

:  a vaccine prepared from a living attenuated strain of tubercle bacilli and used to vaccinate human beings against tuberculosis

Biographical Note for BCG VACCINE

A. L. C. Calmette and C. Guérin —see bacillus calmette-guérin

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