-ˌkalˈmet(ˌ)gāˈraⁿ, -ran noun
Usage: usually capitalized C&G
Etymology: translation of French bacille Calmette-Guérin, after Albert L.C. Calmette died 1933 and Camille Guérin b 1872 French bacteriologists
: an attenuated strain of tubercle bacillus developed by repeated culture on a medium containing bile and used in preparation of tuberculosis vaccines — compare bcg vaccine