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BCG vaccine, [Immunol.]
  1. Immunologya vaccine made from weakened strains of tubercle bacilli, used to produce immunity against tuberculosis.
  • B(acillus) C(almette-)German(uérin) 1925–30

'BCG vaccine' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
bacillus Calmette-Guérin

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