BCG (vaccine)
BCG (vaccine)
Definition
BCG (vaccine)
noun
a vaccine prepared from an attenuated strain of the tubercle bacillus, used for immunization against tuberculosis
Etymology: b(acillus) C(almette-)G(uérin), after A. L. C. Calmette (1863-1933) & Camille Guérin (1872-1961), Fr physicians who developed it
