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bacterin

[bak-tuh-rin] /ˈbæk tə rɪn/
noun, Immunology.
1.
a vaccine prepared from killed bacteria.
Origin of bacterin
1910-1915
First recorded in 1910-15; bacter- + -in2
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British Dictionary definitions for bacterin

bacterin

/ˈbæktərɪn/
noun
1.
(obsolete) a vaccine prepared from bacteria
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bacterin in Medicine

bacterin bac·ter·in (bāk'tər-ĭn)
n.
A suspension of killed or weakened bacteria used as a vaccine.

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