- bacillus Calmette-Guйrin
- (BCG), Calmette-Guйrin bacillus bacille Calmette-Guйrin.
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bacillus Calmette-Guйrin
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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
Calmette-Guйrin bacillus — Cal·mette Guй·rin bacillus (kahl metґ ga răґ) [A.L.C. Calmette; Camille Guйrin, French bacteriologist, 1872–1961] see bacille Calmette Guйrin … 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
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] … Useful english dictionary
BCG — An effective immunization against tuberculosis. BCG stands for Bacille Calmette Guérin. BCG is a weakened (attenuated) version of a bacteria called Mycobacterium bovis which is closely related to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the agent responsible… … Medical dictionary
BCG vaccine — bē (.)sē jē n a vaccine prepared from a living attenuated strain of tubercle bacilli and used to vaccinate human beings against tuberculosis A. L. C. Calmette and C. Guérin see BACILLUS CALMETTE GUÉRIN * * * [USP] [bacille Calmette Guйrin] a vac … Medical dictionary
