[BCG vaccine] n [Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (an attenuated strain of tubercle bacilli), fr. Albert Calmette d. 1933 and Camille Guerin d. 1961 Fr. bacteriologists] (1927): a vaccine prepared from a living attenuated strain of tubercle bacilli and used to vaccinate human beings against tuberculosis--called also BCG
BCG VACCINE
Meaning of BCG VACCINE in English
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012