Bacillus Cal|mette-Gué|rin
- Bacillus Cal|mette-Gué|rin
Bacillus Cal|mette-Gué|rin «kal MEHT gay ran»,
a strain of attenuated tuberculosis bacilli, used living as a vaccine (
BCG vaccine) against tuberculosis.
╂[< Albert Calmette, 1863-1933, and Camille Guérin, 1872-1961, French bacteriologists, who developed it]
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bacillus Calmette-Guerin — bacillus Cal·mette Gué·rin .kal met (.)gā ran, ran n an attenuated strain of tubercle bacillus developed by repeated culture on a medium containing bile and used in preparation of tuberculosis vaccines called also bacille Calmette Guérin compare… … Medical dictionary
Bacillus Calmette-Guérinvaccine — Ba·cil·lus Cal·mette Gué·rin vaccine (bə sĭlʹəs kăl mĕtʹgā rănʹ) n. The BCG vaccine. [After Albert L.C. Calmette (1863 1933) and Camille Guérin (1872 1961), French bacteriologists.] * * * … Universalium
