Pronunciation: ˌ b ē -( ˌ )s ē - ' j ē -
Function: noun
Etymology: B acillus C almette- G uérin (an attenuated strain of tubercle bacilli), from Albert Calmette † 1933 and Camille Guérin † 1961 French bacteriologists
Date: 1927
: a vaccine prepared from a living attenuated strain of tubercle bacilli and used to vaccinate human beings against tuberculosis ― called also BCG