bacterin

[ bak-tuh-rin ]

nounImmunology.
  1. a vaccine prepared from killed bacteria.

Origin of bacterin

1
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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