BCG vaccine
noun
ˌbē-(ˌ)sē-ˈjē- 
: a vaccine prepared from a living attenuated strain of tubercle bacilli and used to vaccinate human beings against tuberculosis
called also BCG
Word History
Etymology
Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (an attenuated strain of tubercle bacilli), from Albert Calmette †1933 and Camille Guérin †1961 French bacteriologists
First Known Use
1925, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
BCG vaccine
noun
ˌbē-(ˌ)sē-ˈjē-
: a vaccine prepared from a living attenuated strain of tubercle bacilli and used to vaccinate human beings against tuberculosis
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