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bacterin

[bak-tuh-rin]
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noun Immunology.
  1. a vaccine prepared from killed bacteria.

Origin of bacterin

First recorded in 1910–15; bacter- + -in2
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British Dictionary definitions for bacterin

bacterin

noun
  1. obsolete a vaccine prepared from bacteria
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bacterin in Medicine

bacterin

(băk′tər-ĭn)
n.
  1. A suspension of killed or weakened bacteria used as a vaccine.
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